Assassin's Creed: Brahman
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Assassin's Creed: Brahman is an upcoming graphic novel set for publication by Ubiworkshop on 30 October 2013. Writer Brenden Fletcher will join artists Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl, who previously worked on Assassin's Creed: The Fall and Assassin's Creed: The Chain, to work on the graphic novel.
Assassin's Creed: Brahman takes place in India in 1839 and focuses on Arbaaz Mir, an Assassin, as he battles a lifelong foe who has subjugated Mir's land and people.
Trivia
- In Hinduism, There are four varnas or castes which later on culminated into the varna or caste system in India.
- They are namely, "Brahman", "Kshatriya", "Vaishya" and "Shudra". Acoording to Hindu sciptures, the varnas resemble the Face, Hands, Thighs and feet of a man respectively. The Brahmans were considered as men of god and were looked upon as the unique connection between humanity and divinity. The Kshtriyas were warriors, cheiftains and other military men who looked after the security of the tribe. In the Vedic and Pre-Vedic eras, the main source of income was through plunder and warfare. The booty was divided among the tribesmen. The Kshatriyas being the reason for the booty showed favouritism in its distribution. The Brahmans and Kshatriyas complemented each other as the former would bless the military men for their future endeavours, while they would provide higher stakes of the booty in return.
- Under Muslim reign, India witnessed political favouritism towards muslims during the time of the Delhi Sultanate. Extra taxes such as Jaziya, Kharaj etc. were imposed on Non-muslims. The laws were draconian as the muslims would only pay one-tenth of the revenue as tax where as the non-muslims were taxed upto half of their produce.
- Brahmans during the time of Firoz-Shah Tughlaq were treated with scorn and rebuke. There are instances when brahmans were incinerated by Firoz for heresy.
- Later came the Colonial Era, when the British who were more pratical than religious changed the perspective of the Indian society. They shattered a prospering economy for their own needs of industrial development in Britain. Consequently, many Brahmans lost their jobs and had to resort to agricultural methods for sustenance. The British adopted ruthless policies in order to plunge more revenue.
- Naturally, the sentiments of many were affected, livelihoods were lost, people had barely anything to eat. The British forced the Indians to the point of desperation which concretized into radical/extremist methods.
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