Basim ibn Ishaq

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"But a man you trust with anything... can take everything."

―Basim recalling Odin's betrayal to Eivor Varinsdottir, c. 874.

Basim Ibn Ishaq (born c. 844), also stylized Basim ibn Is'haq, is a human rebirth of the Isu Loki and a former Master Hidden One active during the 9th century.

Born in the Abbasid Caliphate, Basim was the son of Ishaq, the architect responsible for the construction of the Great Mosque of Samarra. After his father was exiled and died impoverished upon someone else taking credit for his work, Basim made a living as a thief for Dervis in Anbar. However, he was frequently tormented by nightmares of a monstrous djinn, which were in fact a representation of his repressed memories as Loki. At the same time, Loki's personality took the form of Nehal which Basim perceived as his childhood friend.

Inspired to fight injustice and wishing to join the Hidden Ones, Basim became acquainted with the Master Roshan. To impress her, he stole a Memory Seal from the caliph's Winter Palace, but during his theft, he was forced to kill the caliph Al-Mutawakkil in self-defense. This act led him to become a fugitive and the execution of his fellow thieves. He was subsequently rescued by Roshan, who brought him to the Hidden Ones' base at Alamut to induct him into the brotherhood.

After completing his training, Basim was sent to Baghdad alongside several of his fellow Hidden Ones, taking a major role in the elimination of the Order of the Ancients in the city by assassinating its various members led by Qabiha. During this time, Basim began to question his own nature and after defeating his former mentor Roshan, he entered the Alamut Temple, which he discovered to be Loki's former prison. Following a brief internal struggle, Basim ultimately regained and embraced his memories as Loki. Recalling that Loki's lover Aletheia had her consciousness trapped in the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus and that Odin had both imprisoned their son Fenrir and banished his siblings Jörmungandr and Hel, Basim began looking for a way to reunite his family and take revenge on Odin's human form.

Over the following years, Basim rose through the Hidden Ones' ranks, eventually becoming a Master and the leader of their bureau in Constantinople. He also took an apprentice of his own, the young acolyte Hytham, who accompanied him on his travels. In 870, Basim met and befriended the Viking Sigurd Styrbjornsson, who was Týr's human form. Seeing a way to accomplish his plan of revenge, Basim accompanied the Viking to Norway while also tracking the Order of the Ancients in the region. In Fornburg, Basim became acquainted with Sigurd's foster sister Eivor Varinsdottir, Odin's human form, whom he eventually informed of the conflict between the Hidden Ones and the Order of the Ancients.

When Sigurd and Eivor established the colony of Ravensthorpe in England, Basim and Hytham installed a bureau there to start a new chapter for the Hidden Ones. While his apprentice helped Eivor hunt the Order in England, Basim searched for the Saga Stone with Sigurd to awaken Týr's memories. After Sigurd was captured by the Ancient Fulke, who sought and succeeded in awakening Týr's personality, Basim worked with Eivor and her allies to track down and kill Fulke, rescuing Sigurd. In 877, Basim followed Eivor and Sigurd back to Norway, where he confronted them in Yggdrasil's chamber to take his revenge. However, he was defeated by the siblings and trapped in Yggdrasil's simulations, where he would remain in suspended animation for the next several centuries, running countless calculations and plotting to escape in the future.

In 2020, Basim managed to contact the Assassin Layla Hassan, who was the wielder of the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus and guided her to Yggdrasil. After tricking Layla into freeing him, he used the Staff to rejuvenate his body and was reunited with Aletheia. Upon meeting and offering his help to the Assassins, Basim used their Animus to explore Eivor's genetic memories, hoping to find proof of his children having survived the Great Catastrophe.

Biography

Early life

"I am merely the son of a public servant who dedicated his life to the betterment of his people... only to be slighted and forgotten."

―Basim to Nehal, 861.

A teenage Basim

Basim was born around 844 in Samarra, to the architect Ishaq and an unknown woman who died during Basim's youth. After another man took credit for his greatest creation, the Great Mosque of Samarra, Ishaq was exiled and eventually died in poverty, leaving Basim an orphan. Growing up alone on the streets of Baghdad, Basim was a frequent visitor of the city's House of Wisdom. During one such visit, he met the renowned astronomer Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, whom he described as kind and openhearted, and left him a lasting impression. For a time, Basim lived in Karkh, where he befriended the Chinese tea merchant Kong.

Basim was also the inheritor of the memories of Loki, an Isu who had used Yggdrasil to seed his genetic code into humanity's gene pool to circumvent the Great Catastrophe that destroyed his race. His goal was to be reunited with his lover Aletheia, whose consciousness was preserved within the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus.

Basim was unaware of his past life, though he still experienced Loki's repressed memories in the form nightmarish visions of a djinn, which represented the torture Loki had been made to endure during his imprisonment in the Alamut Temple. He also mistakenly perceived Loki's consciousness as Nehal, his alleged childhood best friend, who accompanied Basim at every step and encouraged him to pursue his own self-interests. This went against Basim's desire to fight for justice, born from the injustice his own father had experienced.

Introduction to the Hidden Ones

Meeting Roshan

By 861, Basim moved to Anbar, where he was part of a network of thieves led by Dervis, for whom he conducted various jobs on behalf of his clients. One of those clients were the Hidden Ones, whom Basim admired for their dedication to fighting injustice and oppression, wishing to one day join them.

Basim offering his services to Roshan

On 11 December 861, Basim was tasked by Dervis to steal a shipping ledger from the harbor on the Hidden Ones' behalf. This upset Nehal, who viewed the job as a favor due to the Hidden Ones usually paying very little, and she reminded Basim that he owed nothing to anyone but himself. After infiltrating the harbor and stealing the ledger, Basim returned to Dervis' hideout, finding him in the midst of a conversation with the Master Assassin Roshan.

Basim gave Roshan the ledger, from which she deduced that a chest sought by the Hidden Ones had arrived in Anbar that morning. Basim volunteered to steal the chest and expressed his intention to join the Hidden Ones, but Roshan dismissed him and left. Dervis was infuriated by Basim's attitude towards Roshan and threatened to reduce his pay, before telling him that if he wanted to keep working for him, he had to do as he was told.

Breaking into the Winter Palace

After talking with one of his fellow thieves, Jasib, Basim learned that the chest had been taken to the caliph al-Mutawakkil's Winter Palace and decided to steal it in the hopes of ingratiating himself with the Hidden Ones, much to Nehal's protests. Breaking into the palace at night alongside Nehal, Basim witnessed a meeting between al-Mutawakkil and five masked figures, who threatened the caliph to keep the chest safe and to never lay eyes on its contents.

Al-Mutawakkil confronting Basim

After the masked people left, Basim stole the contents of the chest: a disk-shaped artifact which displayed a holographic message of an unknown man striking a prisoner. This attracted the attention of Al-Mutawakkil, who realized that the masked people would punish him for seeing the artifact and attempted to take revenge on Basim. In the ensuing struggle, the caliph manage to pin Basim against a pillar and began choking him. Acting quickly, Basim grabbed the caliph's knife and stabbed him in the neck, though in his mind it was Nehal who had done this.

Al-Mutawakkil's son Abu 'Abdallah was drawn by the commotion and, upon seeing Basim standing next to his father's corpse, ordered the guards to capture the thief. Basim managed to escape from the palace and outrun the guards chasing him before returning to his dwelling. After processing the events that had just transpired, he attempted to go to sleep, but experienced one of his recurring nightmares of the djinn.

Joining the brotherhood

"I cannot explain what I saw. That object. It did something to me. I was ... somewhere else. Cold. And frightened. Before I knew it, the Caliph had his hands around my neck. I ... it was an accident, I did not mean for ... just wanted to help."

―Basim trying to explain the events that went down in the Winter Palace to Roshan, 861.

Basim discovering the consequences of his actions

The following morning, Basim was awoken by Roshan, who questioned him about the artifact he had stolen, but he could not explain what he had experienced. Roshan then invited Basim to join her in fleeing Anbar, as the guards were searching for a thief matching his description. However, Basim refused to abandon his friends and went to Dervis' hideout.

To his horror, he found the bodies of all his friends hung and tied to wooden poles—a clear warning from the Caliphate guards intended for him. At that moment, Nehal appeared to console Basim, but he angrily blamed her for killing Al-Mutawakkil and ended their friendship. Realizing that the guards would not stop until they killed him, Basim decided to accept Roshan's offer to escape with her and went to the docks.

Basim rescued by Roshan

At the harbor, Basim was caught by several guards who attempted to execute him, but he was saved by Roshan, who killed his assailants. As more guards showed up, Roshan instructed Basim to follow her to the top of a nearby building. There, he watched as Roshan took a leap and jumped into the river below. With the guards rapidly approaching him, Basim followed suit and fell into the water while dodging a soldier's sword swing.

Hidden One training

Roshan subsequently took Basim to the Hidden Ones' base at Alamut in order to induct him into the brotherhood, and became his mentor, training him in sword fighting, stealth, and freerunning. During his training, Basim became acquainted with several of his fellow Hidden Ones, including Nur, who became a close friend; the Eagle Master Fuladh Al Haami, who introduced him to an eagle named Enkidu; and the blacksmith Rebekah, who forged him a personal scimitar.

Two months into his training, while Basim was on patrol duty with Nur, the two spotted several mercenaries near the Hidden Ones' camp. After dispatching them, they reported back to the Mentor Rayhan, who believed the mercenaries had been sent by the Order of the Ancients to find their hideout and subsequently sent Nur to Baghdad to investigate.

Eventually, Basim completed his training and was formally inducted into the brotherhood, receiving a Hidden Blade after cutting off his left ring finger, as well as Enkidu as a companion. Shortly after Basim's induction, Nur returned from Baghdad, gravely wounded but still alive. Realizing that the Order held more power in Baghdad than they initially thought, Rayhan assigned Basim, Roshan and Fuladh to continue Nur's investigation and establish a stronger presence for the Hidden Ones in the city.

Hunting the Order in Baghdad

After helping Roshan and Fuladh establish a Hidden One bureau in Baghdad's Harbiyah district, Basim embarked on a hunt for the Order members who had infiltrated the city. As he eliminated four of the highest ranking members, his manic episodes grew more intense after each assassination, though he also rose through the Hidden Ones' ranks, eventually being promoted to Master Assassin.

During this time, Basim was reunited with Nehal, who was distrustful of the Hidden Ones and believed there was a connection between the two of them and the artifacts the Order was searching for in Baghdad and the surrounding desert. Wishing to reconnect with Nehal after their previous falling out, Basim agreed to investigate this supposed connection and promised Nehal that he would never abandon her again.

Confronting Al-Bahamut

After assassinating all his targets, Basim set his sights on "Al-Bahamut", the leader of the Order in Baghdad. The Hidden Ones believed that Al-Bahamut was either the poetess Arib Al-Ma'muniyya, Baghdad's governor Muhammad ibn Tahir, or the royal concubine Qabiha, all of whom Basim had encountered during his investigations of the other Order members and found that they had connections to the Order.

Investigating all three of his possible targets, Basim ultimately concluded that Qabiha was Al-Bahamut, coordinating the Order's activities from the safety of the Caliphate court. Basim reported his findings to Roshan, who wished to assassinate Qabiha herself, but Basim convinced his mentor to let him carry out the killing. Infiltrating the Caliphal Palace, Basim found Qabiha's hideout after solving a puzzle involving Arib Al-Ma'muniyya's poetry and confronted the Order leader.

To his surprise, Qabiha seemed to be more aware of his true nature than Basim himself, and urged him to seek out what the Hidden Ones had kept hidden from him: a temple underneath Alamut Castle. Wishing to better understand his nature, Basim retracted his Hidden Blade and got ready to listen to what Qabiha had to tell him, but before she could speak, the Order leader was promptly assassinated from behind by Roshan.

Roshan angrily questioned her apprentice's actions, to which Basim responded by accusing Roshan of preventing him from uncovering his origins. He also criticized the hypocrisy of the Hidden Ones' creed, which promoted free will but asked the brotherhood's members to obey without question. Roshan simply told Basim that it was in everyone's best interest if he did not learn what was inside the temple, and invited him to accompany her back to the Hidden Ones. When Basim refused, Roshan warned him that if he sought out the temple, she would not hesitate to kill him herself, before leaving.

Search for the truth

Defending Alamut

After escaping from the Caliphal Palace, Basim returned to Anbar and met up with Nehal, telling her that she was right to not trust the Hidden Ones. He then decided to disobey Roshan's orders and investigate the temple, riding for Alamut with Nehal. Upon arriving, however, Basim found the Hidden Ones' camp under attack by the Caliphate's forces, due to Muhammad ibn Tahir having made a deal with the Order to end his protection of Alamut.

Basim was knocked out by two soldiers, but was rescued by Nur, who dispatched his assailants and took him to a cave where he had taken refuge. After Basim awakened, Nur informed him that he was alone when he found him, to which the former was relieved to know that Nehal was safe. When Nur disheartenedly claimed that Alamut had fallen, Basim tried to encourage him to fight off the attackers, only to learn that Nur had been mortally wounded. Basim vowed to avenge him, but Nur told him that revenge was not the Hidden Ones' way and instead urged him to rescue any survivors so that the brotherhood's ideals may live on.

Despite his disillusion with the Creed, Basim agreed and headed towards the Hidden Ones' camp. There, he found several soldiers attempting to interrogate the captive Hidden Ones, Rayhan among them, for the location of the temple. After killing the soldiers and freeing the Hidden Ones, Basim convinced Rayhan to let him seek out the temple, claiming that whatever knowledge lay inside could give them an advantage over the Order and help them win their endless war.

After dispatching the soldiers in front of the temple, Basim found a familiar symbol and touched it, revealing the hidden entrance to the temple. At that moment, however, a wounded Roshan arrived, intending to deliver on her earlier promise to Basim. Taking advantage of Roshan's injuries, Basim was able to weaken her defense with a throwing knife to the shoulder before engaging his former mentor in a duel.

Basim ultimately emerged victorious, stabbing Roshan with his Hidden Blade and incapacitating her. Roshan made a final attempt to dissuade Basim from seeking the knowledge inside the temple, claiming that she only wished to protect him and the Hidden Ones, but Basim ignored her. He then cut his hand with a knife and used his blood to open the temple door before venturing inside with Nehal.

Regaining his memories

Basim and Nehal explored the temple, which the latter claimed was familiar to her, worrying Basim. After finding more artifacts like the one Basim had stolen from the Winter Palace, the pair eventually reached a chamber with a pod. When Basim opened the pod, he was shocked to see Nehal inside, and came to the realization that Nehal was never real; she existed just within his mind and all of her actions were actually his own.

At that moment, Nehal took one of the artifacts and activated it, displaying a memory of a prisoner being tortured by a guard. This caused Basim to have an internal struggle, where he tried to understand his own nature. In the end, he came face-to-face with the djinn that had been tormenting him his entire life, and realized that his visions were in fact his repressed memories as Loki. To end the nightmares, Basim had to embrace these memories, in the process erasing Nehal from his mind. After several moments of hesitation, Basim agreed to do so when Nehal assured him that he would never be alone.

Upon leaving the temple, Basim was welcomed back by his fellow Hidden Ones, which caused Roshan to resign in protest. After witnessing an argument between Rayhan and Roshan, in which the latter discarded her Hidden Blade, Basim approached the Mentor to discuss what he had seen inside the temple.

Now fully aware of his past life as Loki, Basim became fixated on finding other Isu who had used Yggdrasil to be reborn in order to take his revenge for the suffering inflicted upon him. While he remained a loyal follower of the Hidden Ones and their creed, his allies noticed his change in character, leading to Enkidu rejecting Basim as his master and the other Hidden Ones describing him as a person of danger and intrigue.

Activities in Constantinople

In 867, Basim and his apprentice, the Hidden One acolyte Hytham, traveled to the Byzantine Empire capital of Constantinople to foil an assassination plot by the newly installed emperor Basil I, against his son Leo. Touring the city with Hytham, they ventured through the markets as Basim revealed that he made himself known to the Order of the Ancients in the city. Soon, they found Norse warriors led by a female warrior in the market but noticed other warriors waited for them. Engaging the other warriors, the Hidden Ones fought against them until the female Norse warrior killed the rest. When she introduced herself as Thyra of the Eagle Clan and leader of the Varangian guards, Basim was asked for help and a private location. Together, they made their way to the house of Demetrios Hestiun, a Hidden One ally.

At Hestiun's house, Basim discussed his intent with Thyra before meeting with Empress Eudocia Ingerina, who came in secret. Together, Basim and Hytham were informed by the Empress of the Emperor trying to kill his son. In their conversation, the Hidden Ones were asked to protect Leo. Basim agreed with Hytham becoming an undercover Varangian guard on the condition for an alliance between the Hidden Ones and the Eagle Clan. Both women agreed before leaving. Basim and Hytham discussed their plans while Basim remained hushed on his ulterior motives with allying with the Eagle Clan.

On Hytham's first day, Basim kept to the shadows on the palace's grounds while keeping an eye on Hytham. At the children's wing, Basim advised Hytham to make contact with one of the suspects, who was Leo's nurse Anna. After Leo survived the attempt with the vipers, Basim encouraged Hytham to use his hero status to gauge information from Basil. After Hytham's conversation with the emperor, Basim met with his acolyte and a sadden Leo, whom he gave a healing salve for his injury. After talking about Emperor Basil with Hytham, he showed a magic trick to Leo and vanished quickly from his presence.

Two weeks laters, Basim and Hytham tailed Anna to a fortune teller Ursina and eavesdropped on the conversation. They learned that Anna bribed Ursina to give a jeweled comb to her contact Isaac. After hiding again, they also discovered a relationship between Anna and Leo's tutor Theodore, who later came to the fortune teller. In a few days, back at the palace, they went back to the original duties. Basim later found Thyra and talked to her about Hytham's relationship to Leo as well as Anna and Theodore.

However, Hytham came and asked for help. While being shown the dead body of Varangian guard Steros, they all surmised that Basil secretly sent an order out to kill Hytham. To hide the murder, while Thyra cleaned the blood, Basim and Hytham dumped the body into the sea. Basim and Hytham talked about possible suspects being between Justin and Theodore as well as their new objectives to hunt and kill Isaac. Basim took a new position to guard Hytham for the night.

The next morning, both Basim and his acolyte trailed Justin, who left the palace to meet with an unknown man. They both noticed the conversation went sour when Justin killed the man and two more attackers showed up. Fortunately, the Hidden Ones killed the attackers, revealed themselves, and questioned Justin. When Justin told them of the Order's threats against his loved one, they believed Justin aided the Order due to apparently showing no care for Leo. However, when Justin responded that his animosity was a front to protect Leo from his abusive father, Basim realized they left the palace unprotected. Telling Justin to check on his friend, the Hidden Ones instantly left for the palace.

At nightfall, Basim and Hytham entered the palace's children wing, where they heard silence. Basim left Hytham to find Leo while he checked for any attackers. He soon found Thyra being attacked and assisted her. Taking down multiple Order assailants, he soon caught sight of Hytham and nodded him to go while struggling against his current attacker. Taking down all of their opponents, Basim made his way outside to the garden where he found Hytham worn out. Before an attacker could kill Hytham, he assassinated him and scared off the remaining attackers. When Hytham wanted to track, Basim stopped him and implored not to take it personal. Hytham retorted that he knows of Basim's own goals but Basim stated he knew Hytham was tasked to spy on him from Mentor Rayhan and how Hytham was less experienced than another potential Hidden One. Before Hytham could respond, he disappeared.

However, Basim learned that Hytham began to track the Order assailants alone and disappeared himself. Taking Thyra and Leo with him, they investigated his acolyte's trail and found an Order hideout in an abandoned building. Attacking the Order members, Basim left Thyra to fight the attackers while he went to the basement and found an injured Hytham. Together, they went to fight with Thyra and killed the Order members, but Isaac escaped. While Hytham left the building with Leo, Basim and Thyra cleaned up and investigated the premises. Afterwards, they began to leave for the palace. However, they went to another building where Hytham informed them of Theodore's involvement with the attack and find his parchment. Basim scouted the area to avoid any attackers while they all walked back to the palace.

Days later, Basim found himself at Philopation, where the emperor and his family were having a public picnic. He called for Hytham while being approached by a wolf, which were rare in the park. Basim explained that he needed to cool off but showcased anger towards Hytham for disobeying his orders. Immediately sparring, Basim overpowered Hytham and continued to reprimand Hytham but stated that he saved him for both the Hidden Ones and himself. Wanting to leave, Basim stated they must leave the city. However, when Hytham disagreed, Basim planned to root out Isaac by having Leo set as bait. Reluctant, Hytham agreed while Basim was promised his word.

Planning their ambush during Basil's Hippodrome event, Basim was soon caught off-guard by two Order members and managed to kill one. However, he was struck by a dagger and fled to medically aid himself. Leaving a trail of blood, Basim headed atop a tower near the Hippodrome to rest. He was soon found and aided by Hytham and then made their way back to the race, right at Basil's turn. Spreading out, Basim realized he needed the Order to strike and reveal themselves so he threw a spike at Basil's chariot, causing Basil to have an accident.

Instantly, the Order attacked and kidnapped Leo from the emperor's box. Basim tried to grab the woman captor but she used Leo as a shield. Managing to find another opening, Basim took a different route to stop the fleeing Order member while Hytham, Thyra, and Justin follow onward. Basim and his allies chased them out of the Hippodrome and into an alley nearby. There, they all saw a dead end while Isaac entered from the streets to aid his warriors.

Fighting, Basim and Hytham faced off against Isaac while Justin and Thyra fought off the other assailants. When Leo managed to break free, Thyra garnered the opportunity and killed both her attacker and the captor. Basim grabbed Leo while Hytham faced off against Isaac and told the boy to run to the streets. With the upper hand, Hytham pushed Isaac back from him while Basim came in with his blade and killed him. Although chased by the last Order player, Leo was saved by Justin, who killed the last man publically.

With Justin and Leo hailed as heroes, a meeting was held at Hestiun's house between Eudocia and Hytham. After Eudocia thanked them and let Leo say goodbye to Hytham, Basim waited for his acolyte to come. After they conferred about the alliance between the Order and Basil had disintergrated, they left the city to seek out more alliances with the Viking clans. With their trust renewed, both Hidden Ones left the city.

Dealing with the Snake-Eaters

By 870, Basim and Hytham were stationed back in Constantinople, where the former served as bureau leader. During his tenure, Basim traveled to Antioch with Hytham to fight the Snake-Eaters, a new faction of the Order of the Ancients taking control of the city. However, the Antioch Bureau was decimated by this conflict and Basim sent letters to his Hidden One brothers and sisters asking for reinforcements.

His old friend Mahaut from Francia sent two of her acolytes, Matthias and Oisel, while the Alexandrian bureau sent four Hidden Ones led by Jessamyn. Eventually, Basim and the Hidden Ones successfully drove the Snake-Eaters away from Antioch. As he had matters to attend back in Constantinople, Basim left with his apprentice and sent the six other Hidden Ones after the Snake-Eaters' leadership on the Silk Road.

Journey to Norway

Eivor: "Basim. Hytham. This feud is not yours, yet you fight it all the same. I find that strange."

Basim: "You find it strange because you are wrong. Our clan, the Hidden Ones, have been fighting with Kjotve's Order for centuries."

—Basim explaining the Hidden Ones' conflict with the Order of the Ancients to Eivor, 872.

Basim learning of Ammon's failure

Also in 870, Basim dispatched the Hidden One Ammon to Bulgar to acquire a Shroud of Eden. During his mission, Ammon encountered the Viking Sigurd Styrbjornsson, who killed him in battle and took his Hidden Blade as a trophy. After being informed of Ammon's failure and death by a fellow Hidden One, Basim expressed his disappointment, but his interest was piqued when he was told that Ammon's killer was a Norseman with a mark on his neck.

Basim and Hytham eventually met Sigurd in Constantinople and befriended him, teaching him many of their organization's customs. When Sigurd decided to return home to Norway in 872, the two Hidden Ones agreed to accompany him, believing this was an opportunity to fight the Order of the Ancients' growing influence in Northern Europe.

Basim and Hytham meeting Sigurd's family, Eivor and Randvi

Basim and Hytham arrived in Fornburg with Sigurd in late 872, whereupon they were introduced to the rest of the Raven Clan, including Sigurd's wife Randvi and his adoptive sister Eivor Varinsdottir. When Sigurd presented Ammon's Hidden Blade to Eivor as a gift, Hytham objected, especially after the Viking opted to proudly wear the blade on her outer wrist rather than concealed, but Basim overruled his apprentice. He then taught Eivor how to use the blade by taking her to a training ground, where Eivor practiced various assassination techniques on straw dummies.

When Eivor and Sigurd decided to join forces with Harald Fairhair in an assault against Kjotve the Cruel's fortress, Basim chose to inform Eivor of the conflict between the Hidden Ones and the Order of the Ancients, as Kjotve was a member of the latter and Hytham's intended target. However, Eivor insisted that she deserved the kill, as Kjotve had murdered her parents, and the Hidden Ones agreed to let her do it.

Basim drinking with Eivor

Following the Raven Clan's victory, Harald called a truce and invited all Viking leaders in Norway to attend an althing in Alrekstad. Basim accompanied Sigurd to the town tavern, where they were soon joined by Eivor. Upon being left alone with Eivor, Basim asked for a medallion she had recovered from Kjotve's body, which indicated his membership of the Order. He then offered to help Eivor get close to Kjotve's son, Gorm, in order to confront him discreetly due to the ongoing truce. He taught Eivor how to blend in with her environment, allowing the Viking to infiltrate Gorm's camp without being seen.

Life in England

After Eivor and Sigurd refused to acknowledge Harald as king in his efforts to unify Norway, they decided to leave their homeland to escape Harald's rule. Basim and Hytham joined the siblings and select members of the Raven Clan as they sailed to England, where they established the settlement of Ravensthorpe from an abandoned camp of the Great Heathen Army in the Kingdom of Mercia. Shortly after, Basim departed for parts unknown, leaving Hytham to set up a Hidden One bureau in Ravensthorpe to help them better track the presence of the Order of the Ancients in England.

Search for the Saga Stone

Basim: "Fulke, we have heard that you possess a profane stone with strange markings and the image of a tree."

Fulke: "That I do. A monolith I call the Saga Stone, for it came to this land with the Dane, Ragnar Lothbrok."

—Basim questioning Fulke about the Saga Stone, 874.

Basim holding Eivor at knifepoint

In 874, Basim accompanied Sigurd to Oxenfordscire, where they allied themselves with the thegn Geadric, who sought to overthrow Oxenfordscire's ealdorman, Lady Eadwyn. The three settled in Buckingham while awaiting Eivor's arrival, but Basim and Sigurd were soon forced to take refuge in a fishing house when the town was overrun by Eadwyn's forces, who captured Geadric. Once Eivor arrived, she found the pair's hiding spot and entered the house. Basim grabbed her from behind and held her at knifepoint, but quickly released her upon realizing who she was.

After Sigurd explained the situation to Eivor, the trio decided to rescue Geadric and headed to Buckingham's longhouse, where they confronted Eadwyn. The ealdorman left her guards to eliminate them, but the trio prevailed and killed the soldiers before freeing a captive Geadric. Basim then questioned the thegn for the whereabouts of a woman named Fulke, who both he and Sigurd believed was essential in their mission. Geadric pointed them to a thegn named Holt, who was held at a trial at the Leah Villa Garrison.

The trio quickly rode for the garrison to prevent Holt's execution and managed to rescue both him and an additional three thegns accused of treason against Eadwyn. In gratitude, Holt informed them that Fulke was being held prisoner by Eadwyn's soldiers at a monastery at Saint Albanes Abbey. While Eivor went to update Geadric on the situation, Basim and Sigurd traveled to the monastery and began devising a plan to infiltrate it.

Basim, Sigurd and Eivor meeting Fulke

After being joined by Eivor at their camp in the ruins of Linforda, Basim and Sigurd decided to let her pick between a direct and a stealthy approach. Either way, the trio successfully infiltrated the monastery and found Fulke being held in a cell guarded by a single Anglo-Saxon monk. After Eivor obtained the key from him, the trio freed Fulke, who revealed that she was searching for an Isu artifact known as the Saga Stone. Realizing that Basim and Sigurd were after the same prize, Eivor became angry that her brother was more interested in a relic than securing an alliance with Geadric.

Fulke led Basim, Sigurd and Eivor to the Evinghou Tower, where the Saga Stone was being held by one of Fulke's acolytes, Brother Paul. Upon arriving, however, they found that the tower had been ransacked by Eadwyn's forces, who had killed Paul and stolen the Saga Stone. At that moment, Eadwyn arrived in the company of several soldiers, and Sigurd attempted to negotiate with her, promising peace in exchange for the artifact. Believing that Sigurd was betraying their alliance with Geadric, Eivor threw an axe at one of Eadwyn's men in rage, initiating a fight.

Basim witnessing Eivor and Sigurd's argument

After killing Eadwyn's soldiers, Eivor got into an argument with Sigurd, which Basim intervened in, claiming that Eivor should have trusted her brother's judgement. He then left with Sigurd in order to prepare to besiege Eadwyn's fortress, Cyne Belle Castle, and recover the Saga Stone. After Eivor sabotaged Eadwyn's army to facilitate their assault, she met with Basim, Sigurd and Fulke and, together with Geadric's men, the group raided Cyne Belle Castle, defeating Eadwyn and her forces.

Following their victory, Basim, Sigurd, Eivor and Fulke found the Saga Stone in the castle's vault, but just as they began examining it, they were alerted to the arrival of King Alfred of Wessex, whom Eadwyn had summoned for help. During the peace negotiations, each party was required to surrender their best warrior. Basim offered himself, while a thegn named Wolfrich was chosen on Alfred's behalf.

However, Fulke altered the terms at the last minute, convincing Alfred to take Sigurd instead due to being aware of his nature as a reborn Isu. Realizing that Fulke was a member of the Order of the Ancients, Basim decided to track her down and promised Eivor that he would find and rescue Sigurd.

Hunting Fulke

Basim: "Children, they bewilder you. They can cause you so much worry, fill you with joy. Even stop your heart. And if you're lucky, they replace you. I was not so lucky. I had a son. I miss him terribly. Even now."

Eivor: " I'm sorry, Basim."

Basim: "He was taken from me. By someone I trusted. A friend, a mentor. A man who I would trust with anything. But a man you trust with anything ... can take anything."

—Basim indirectly discussing his past as Loki with Eivor, 874.

Basim and Eivor meeting with Cynebert

Basim eventually managed to track Fulke to Cent and sent a letter to Ravensthorpe to notify Eivor. When Eivor arrived at Saint Hadrian's Priory to meet with Basim, she found the Hidden One in the middle of a conversation with a priest named Hortbert, where they debated Christ, the sins of Adam and Eve, free will, and more. Another priest named Cedric soon joined the conversation and the two priests got carried away with each other. Basim then informed Eivor of his lead on Fulke: an abbot named Cynebert who personally knew the Order member.

Basim took Eivor to meet Cynebert, who requested a favor in exchange for giving them Fulke's whereabouts. King Alfred had recently appointed a new ealdorman after the death of Cent's old ealdorman, Deogal, and the abbot wanted to know who the new leader would be prior to the public knowing. Hoping Eivor would help him, Cynebert directed the Viking to the Tonbridge Monastery, where the king's emissary had stayed, and left.

While Eivor headed to the monastery, Basim went around questioning more Christians for potentially useful information, telling Eivor to meet him in Folcanstan once she was done. After Eivor learned that the new ealdorman was to be a thegn named Tedmund, she traveled to Folcanstan as instructed, where she found Basim conversing with Cynebert. Upon learning the identity of the future ealdorman, Cynebert requested Basim and Eivor's help in earning his favor. Together, they devised a plan where the Hidden One and the Viking would kidnap the thegn so that Cynebert could then pretend to rescue him.

Basim and Eivor threatening "Tedmund"

Basim and Eivor subsequently rode for Beamasfield, where Tedmund was located, with Basim telling Eivor the story of "The Scorpion and the Frog" along the way. After kidnapping the thegn, the pair carried him back to Cynebert, who had arrived with a group of soldiers. However, while "negotiating" Tedmund's release, Basim and Eivor learned that they had not captured the thegn, but rather a decoy named Shergar. Fearful for his life, Shergar led the two to a nearby camp of Danes which he had previously ordered to be taken over. However, they arrived too late and were forced to fight the Anglo-Saxon soldiers located there.

After dispatching the soldiers, Basim and Eivor freed their prisoner, Runa Egilsdottir, who was the leader of the dead Danes. Runa agreed to go gather her remaining forces for a siege of Rouecistre Fortress, where the real Tedmund was hiding in self-exile. Eivor also sent a letter to Geadric in Oxenfordscire requesting backup.

Basim and Eivor discussing their pasts.

That night, Basim and Eivor camped together and bonded as they spoke of their pasts and families. Without revealing his nature as Loki reborn, Basim told Eivor about his son and the man who took him away. The following day, Basim, Eivor and their allies successfully stormed Rouecistre Fortress and captured Tedmund, just as Cynebert arrived with his soldiers to "rescue" him. To everyone's surprise, however, Tedmund died from the poison he had secretly ingested. Nevertheless, Cynebert agreed to uphold his end of his bargain with Basim and Eivor, but asked them to give him some time to relieve himself.

As instructed, Basim and Eivor later went to meet with Cynebert at his abbey so that he could give them Fulke's whereabouts. Upon arrival, however, they found the abbot dead at the hands of Fulke, who ordered her guards to kill the Hidden One and the Viking and bring their corpses to Canterbury. The pair managed to escape Fulke's trap and rode for Canterbury, with Basim telling Eivor more about his past along the way.

Arriving at the Canterbury Cathedral, Basim and Eivor discovered Fulke's sanctum, killing her guards and finding her writings, though the Order member herself was already long gone. While Eivor continued to investigate the chambers, finding a box with Sigurd's severed arm, Basim found a lead to Fulke's current location: the fortress of Portcestre. The two planned to besiege it next, as Sigurd was running out of time, and parted ways, with Basim heading to Suthsexe to scout the fort.

Siege of Portcestre

Eivor: "Have you noticed any change in him? Any loss of...of happiness? Or feeling?"

Basim: "He appears to me...more thoughtful. Introspective."

Eivor: "Thoughtful? That seems and understatement. He speaks as if he hears the voices of the gods whispering in his ear."

Basim: "We live in a strange time, Eivor. Among stranger people. Sigurd may be among the blessed. But who can say for certain?"

—Eivor and Basim discussing Sigurd's change of character after rescuing him, 875.

Basim with Eivor and Guthrum

The following year, in 875, Basim traveled to Croindene to meet with Eivor and her allies, in order to plan their attack on Portcestre. Once Eivor arrived, she and Basim went to speak with jarl Guthrum, who was unimpressed by the army Eivor had managed to gather. Eivor pointed out that not all of her allies had arrived yet and inquired about the others' whereabouts, to which Basim informed her that they were on their way. However, Eivor was unwilling to wait any longer, so Basim directed her to eliminate three of Fulke's scouts that had been spotted in the region.

After dealing with the scouts, Eivor traveled to the woods east of Portcestre where her allies had set up camp. There, she found Basim having a conversation with Guthrum and shared a note she had found on one of the scouts, mentioning a possible siege on Croindene by Fulke's forces. Shortly after, they were caught by surprise by an attack by Fulke's soldiers. Although Eivor, Basim and the others were able to push off the attack, they suffered heavy casualties during the battle, including Eivor's ally Brothir.

Basim consoled Eivor and attempted to calm down Guthrum, who angrily blamed Eivor for allowing such an attack to happen. After Guthrum advised Eivor to be less reckless with her actions and carefully plan out her assault of Portcestre, Basim agreed and encouraged Eivor to take the jarl's advice. Eivor then gathered Basim, Soma and Ubba Ragnarsson to formulate a plan of attack, intending to sabotage Fulke's army and resources.

Basim meeting with Eivor near the Briggworth garrison

Basim subsequently traveled to Briggworth, a garrison holding many of Fulke's reinforcements, where he was soon joined by Eivor. The two proceeded to cripple Fulke's forces by burning their boats and killing two of the stronghold's commanders. After Eivor also aided Soma and Ubba in dealing major blows to Fulke's army, she met with all of her gathered allies at their camp to begin their assault of Portcestre.

During the siege, Basim fought ferociously, killing many of Fulke's soldiers while helping Eivor search for Fulke and Sigurd. The pair eventually found them both inside a chapel, but Fulke quickly fled underground. Basim offered to stay with the injured Sigurd while Eivor went after Fulke and eventually killed her. However, before her death, Fulke had reached out for Saxon reinforcements, forcing Eivor and her allies to fight them off while Basim took Sigurd to Ravensthorpe.

Upon her return to Ravensthorpe, Eivor noticed a change in Sigurd's character, which she believed was brought about by the torture he had endured at Fulke's hands. When she questioned Basim about it, the Hidden One claimed that Sigurd seemed more introspective and suggested that her brother could be "blessed."

Imprisonment

"For too long, I stared at the sun! It blinded me to the truth. That it was you. It was you I wanted all along."

―Basim realizing that Eivor was Odin reborn, 877.

In 877, Basim followed Eivor and Sigurd as the siblings traveled back to Norway to investigate the latter's visions, which supposedly led to Valhalla. In Hordafylke, Eivor and Sigurd found an ancient Isu temple which contained the supercomputer Yggdrasil, used by certain Isu to reincarnate themselves in order to survive the Great Catastrophe. The siblings connected themselves to the computer and experienced a simulation of Valhalla, though they both eventually came to reject it and chose to return to the real world.

Basim holding Sigurd hostage

Upon leaving the simulation, Eivor was surprised to see Basim holding Sigurd hostage with a knife to his throat. Having deduced that Eivor was Odin reborn, Basim challenged the Viking to a fight so that he could take his revenge for Odin's imprisonment of Fenrir. After releasing Sigurd, Basim was chased around Yggdrasil's chamber by Eivor, who was confused regarding the reason behind his sudden betrayal, but nonetheless attempted to kill him.

As Basim and Eivor fought, the Hidden One made use of his stealth tools, including throwing knives and smoke bombs, to try and catch the Viking off-guard. He eventually managed to pin her to the ground and take a closer look at her neck, seeing the mark which confirmed she was a reborn Isu. After Eivor pushed him off, the two continued their fight as the platform they were standing on suddenly began to ascend. Upon reaching the top, Basim used a smoke bomb to vanish and made his way back towards Sigurd, intending to kill him for "choosing the wrong side."

Basim's defeat

Eivor stopped Basim and the two resumed their duel, during which Sigurd went to Yggdrasil's controls and directed one of its branches to latch onto Basim after he had been stunned by Eivor. Though Basim managed to stab Eivor in the abdomen with his Hidden Blade, he was ultimately defeated when Sigurd activated Yggdrasil, lifting Basim's body into the air while trapping his consciousness within the Grey.

Eivor informed Hytham of Basim's betrayal and fate when she returned to England, much to the young Acolyte's shock, who could not understand what had driven his mentor to turn on his allies. Hytham in turn later informed his fellow Hidden Ones, which prompted Mentor Rayhan to invite Hytham to attend a council hosted by Fuladh at Alamut, in order to give a full account of Basim's betrayal.

A new world

Awakening

"The Heir of Memories fulfilled her role perfectly. Now then. A new world awaits."

―Basim to Aletheia, regarding the success of her and Loki's plan, 2020.

By 2020, Basim had spent centuries trapped in the Grey, running numerous calculations while looking for a way to escape. Eventually, an opportunity presented itself after the Assassin Desmond Miles sacrificed himself in 2012 to activate the global aurora borealis device and prevent the Second Disaster. This activated a protective shield around the Earth that, over the following eight years, caused the planet's magnetic field to strengthen beyond normal proportions, resulting in several anomalies.

Basim managed to send an audio message to the Assassins, offering a solution and directing them to Eivor's remains in New England. There, the Assassin Layla Hassan used her Animus to relive Eivor's genetic memories and eventually learned of the Yggdrasil chamber, which she and her fellow Assassins believed was the solution they needed. Venturing into the chamber with the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, which protected her from the lethal radiation inside, Layla found Basim's body still connected to Yggdrasil and then connected herself to the machine, entering the Grey.

Basim meeting Layla within Yggdrasil's simulation

Within the simulation, Layla met Basim, who showed her how to slow down the machine that was causing all the anomalies. However, while this restored the Earth's magnetic field to its proper strength and effectively saved the planet, it also released Basim from the Grey and doomed Layla, who sacrificed her mortal body to remain in the Grey and help "The Reader" with his calculations.

Awakening within Yggdrasil's chamber, Basim used the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, which Layla had dropped, to rejuvenate his body, and was at last reunited with Aletheia, whose consciousness was stored inside the Staff. Communicating with his lover, Basim confirmed that Odin was long dead and that Layla had fulfilled her purpose, and mused that a new world awaited them.

Activities in New England

"You bested me. I don't know how, but you did. Yet I'm the one left standing. And now I can take from you anything I want... your memories, your skills, your secrets. They're all mine. And when I have them, I will put them to good use. To find my children. And bring my family back together."

―Basim addresing Eivor's remains, 2020.

Basim with Shaun and Rebecca

Basim subsequently traveled to Layla's safehouse in New England, where he met the other members of Layla's Assassin cell, Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings. After enduring the couple's anger at Layla's fate, Basim remarked how his brotherhood of the Hidden Ones had renamed themselves to the Assassins, and requested a face-to-face meeting with their Mentor, William Miles, to discuss action against the Templars, the successors to the Order of the Ancients.

After Rebecca and Shaun reluctantly left to bring William, Basim was left alone in the cabin. He visited Eivor's grave, remarking how he had managed to outlive his adversary and how, thanks to the Animus, he had access to Eivor's memories, which he hoped to use to find his missing children. Following an extended period of time in the Animus, Basim began to experience the Bleeding Effect, seeing an apparition of Eivor sitting by the campfire, where she smiled and nodded at him; a gesture he returned.

Basim reading Viking Myths'

While waiting for Rebecca and Shaun to return with their Mentor, Basim took to reading the books Shaun had gathered in his research of Norse culture and mythology. One such title, Viking Myths, recounted the tale of Loki and Baldr's exploits and Loki's eventual betrayal of Odin's son. While the events and setting differed over centuries of retelling, certain details remained the same, which Basim reacted to with an ambiguous smile.

Eventually, Basim finished reliving Eivor's memories in the Animus, realizing that the Viking's connection with her Isu self, Odin, was different from his own connection with Loki. At that moment, William remotely accessed his Animus simulation for their "face-to-face" meeting. As the Mentor was curious to learn how Basim had survived for so long in suspended animation, the latter agreed to help him understand while they worked together to further the Assassin cause.

Before they could begin, however, William requested that Basim provide the Assassins with a blood sample, to parse its genetic sequences through the Animus and allow the Brotherhood to relive his memories. Basim complied, musing that William was in for "quite a ride", before leaving the cabin to clear his mind. Outside, he had another Bleeding Effect-induced hallucination, this time of Eivor and Odin discussing the Great Catastrophe.

Personality and traits

Similar to Loki, Basim was a curious mind, possessing a deep commitment to the pursuit of scholarly activities and a hunger for knowledge and wisdom. In his youth, he was a frequent visitor of Baghdad's House of Wisdom, where he indulged in his passion for science, studying various books about astronomy and other scientific subjects.

As a teenager, Basim, despite his occupation as a street thief, possessed a strong desire to help others and fight injustice, likely born from the injustice his own father had faced. He was also earnest, charismatic and witty. However, in his desire to impress and join his idols, the Hidden Ones, he could also be quite reckless, as shown in his decision to break into the Winter Palace to steal a chest sought by the Hidden Ones, which later resulted in the deaths of most of his friends.

After becoming a Hidden One, Basim was initially a firm believer of the Creed and served without question. Over time, however, he began to doubt his own freedom and realized the brotherhood's hypocrisy, which was first pointed out to him by people like Ali ibn Muhammad and Nehal, who believed that people only owed a moral obligation to themselves and should be free to do as they please. He also started questioning his own nature and sought to uncover the source of his nightmares of the djinn, which had been haunting him for most of his life. To this end, he effectively betrayed his master Roshan by choosing to investigate the Alamut Temple against her orders, though his decision was supported by the Mentor Rayhan.

Like his past self, Basim was a skilled manipulator.

Upon learning that he was Loki reborn, Basim chose to embrace his repressed memories, going back on his vow to abandon his past which he made when he first joined the Hidden Ones. After becoming fully aware of his past life as Loki, Basim assimilated some of Loki's traits, becoming a darker and more mysterious character who mostly kept to himself. He also frequently employed manipulation as a tactic to achieve his goals. He was notably able to play on Sigurd's desire for greatness to convince him that he was a god and create a rift in his and Eivor's friendship.

As Loki's human self, Basim's main objective was to reunite his family and exact revenge on Odin for imprisoning his son Fenrir. Despite this, he did not abandon the Hidden Ones, as he still believed in their cause, even if not as thoroughly as when he had first joined. He also sought to spread his teachings to his apprentice, Hytham, and took pride in knowing that Hytham was taking after him, according to Eivor.

Like his predecessor, Basim valued loyalty and kindness towards his kin. He was loyal to Sigurd's clan, despite being aware of his true nature, and showed them kindness and loyalty throughout their time together in Norway and England. Only upon discovering that Eivor was Odin's human self, Basim went into a manic state and betrayed his former ally, attempting to kill Eivor to avenge the suffering brought upon his family. He also tried to kill Sigurd despite their friendship, simply because he had chosen "the wrong side."

Following his defeat and imprisonment in the Grey, Basim spent centuries carefully studying the calculations to determine the best paths to take for his next plots. By the 21st century, his repeated studies of the calculations and Loki's memories had made him capable of understanding how modern human societies and equipment functioned, such as the Animus.

Skills and equipment

Growing up alone on the streets of Baghdad, Basim took to thievery as a means of survival, becoming a skilled pickpocket. A master freerunner, he was able to scale most buildings as well as natural elements with relative ease, and could also transverse over and under various obstacles almost instantly. He also proved to be a strong swimmer whilst exploring various underwater ruins, and was capable of holding his breath for a relatively long period of time.

While Basim had some experience sneaking around, being able to infiltrate the Anbar harbor and the Winter Palace, his stealth skills were refined upon joining the Hidden Ones. He learned how to blend in with his environment, such as groups of people and benches, and mastered several assassination techniques with his Hidden Blade. When focusing enough, he could assassinate enemies in such a rapid succession that, when an Assassin later relived Basim's memories via the Animus, the machine struggled to render his movements.

Basim initially possessed virtually no combat skills, but over the course of his training at Alamut, he became a proficient sword fighter. During his time in Baghdad, he wielded a sword and a dagger and would utilize both in combat, allowing him to strike at his enemies quickly and block incoming attacks. However, while he could take on a few guards with relative ease, he struggled when confronted by larger groups or well-armored enemies, who required more strikes to break through their defenses. During his later years in England, he preferred to utilize a single scimitar, which mirrored the weapon used by his past self during the Isu Era.

Thanks to the triplet brothers Abu Jafar Muhammad, Ahmad, and Al-Hasan, Basim also had access to a variety of gadgets, including throwing knives, smoke bombs, a blowpipe, and explosive traps that could knock out large groups of enemies. Furthermore, the brothers could upgrade these gadgets at Basim's request using resources he had found while exploring Baghdad. This increased their efficiency and allowed Basim to apply different effects to them.

Basim possessed the rare ability of Eagle Vision, which allowed him to release a brief pulse that would locate and tag nearby enemies and points or objects of interest, even through walls and floorboards. Upon becoming a Hidden One, as was custom among the brotherhood, he received an eagle companion named Enkidu, who aided him in reconnaissance. After embracing his nature as Loki, however, Enkidu sensed the change in Basim's character and rejected him.

Basim's attire as a Hidden One Initiate

When he first joined the Hidden Ones, Basim was given the standard outfit of an Initiate. After rising through the brotherhood's ranks and becoming a Master Assassin, he received a new pair of robes, including a red sash which signified his new rank.

Eventually, Basim abandoned these robes in favor of the standard attire of the Hidden Ones in the Middle East, though he added a personal detail in the form of a broach on the right side. The broach featured a wolf, a snake, and a skull, likely representing Loki's children Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel; as such, its design was intended to reinforce Basim's ties to his past life.

Upon emerging from Yggdrasil in the 21st century, Basim wore a grey hoodie, a black t-shirt with a wolf and moon design on the front, brown cargo pants and brown shoes with red laces.

Behind the scenes

Basim Ibn Ishaq is a character introduced in the 2020 video game Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, in which he is portrayed by the Canadian actor Carlo Rota. He later appeared as the protagonist of the 2023 game Assassin's Creed: Mirage, where he is portrayed by the Lebanese-Canadian actor Lee Majdoub. This makes Basim the second protagonist in the series who was introduced in a previous installment, after Edward Kenway, who was referenced in Assassin's Creed III and first appeared in the novel Assassin's Creed: Forsaken.

In Valhalla, Basim's robes can be obtained for for free from Ubisoft Connect as an outfit for Eivor to wear in-game. While wearing the outfit, Eivor's Hidden Blade is repositioned under her forearm as opposed to on top of it. As a result of this, she will have her left hand open as opposed to clenching it into a fist when assassinating enemies with the Hidden Blade. The repositioned Hidden Blade however, can result in some animation errors in which the blade would clip through Eivor's hand while extended during certain attack animations and cutscenes.

Etymology

Basim is an Arabic name meaning "one who smiles", derived from بَسَمَ (basama) meaning "to smile". His nasab (نسب) ibn Ishaq means "son of Ishaq" with Ishaq, the Arabic form of Isaac, meaning "laughing".

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first appearance)
  • The Last Chapter
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory
• Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
• Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road
• Discovery Tour: Viking Age (avatar only)
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Sword of the White Horse (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin? (non-canonical appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths
• Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: The Golden City
• Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game
• The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Mirage
  • The Forty Thieves

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