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 the field of 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.

Cartographer

"An exceptional Ottoman cartographer, Piri Reis, has begun to compile detailed maps of newly discovered territories."

―An Assassin apprentice.

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. His maps were said to be "rendered in minute detail," and as such, caught the attention of the Assassins guild in Rome.

Wishing to keep up with their enemies, who were spreading their influence into the New World, Ezio Auditore da Firenze sent a team of his apprentices to Piri's workshop. Upon discovering that Piri had been called away to sea, the team infiltrated the studio, finding and stealing the maps they sought, which had been hidden under an ugly decoy map.

Afterwards, the Italian Assassins founded an Assassins Guild in the city.

By 1511, Piri had developed into a master mapmaker, and had also become a Master Assassin in the 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.

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.