Assassination
Assassination targets were individuals that the Assassin Order deemed necessary of elimination.
Middle Ages
Around the time of the Third Crusade, the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad assassinated certain figures during his quest to find The Chalice:
- Tamir in 1190
- Alaat in 1190
- Roland Napule in 1190
- The Master's Student in 1190
- Master of the Tower in 1190
- Harash in 1190
- Lord Basilisk[1] in 1190
Altaïr later assassinated nine tyrannical public figures in an effort to restore his lost rank and regain honor within the Assassin Order:
- Tamir in 1191
- Garnier de Naplouse in 1191
- Talal in 1191
- Abu'l Nuqoud in 1191
- William of Montferrat in 1191
- Majd Addin in 1191
- Sibrand in 1191
- Jubair al Hakim in 1191
- Maria Thorpe (spared) in 1191
- Robert de Sable[2] in 1191
Altaïr also had other targets:
- Haras[3] in 1189
- Rashid ad-Din Sinan[2] in 1191
- Frederick the Red in 1191
- Moloch in 1191
- Dark Oracle in 1191
- Shalim in 1191
- Shahar in 1191
- Pirate Captain in 1191
- Armand Bouchart[4] in 1191
- Swami in 1227
- Bayhas in 1247
- Abbas Sofian[3] in 1247
These targets, apart from Haras, the green-cloaked man, Al Mualim, Swami, and Abbas, were necessary to aid the Cypriot Resistance in the liberation of Cyprus.
Renaissance
During the Renaissance, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze assassinated several noblemen in order to avenge the deaths of his family members, complete his father's life's work, save the Italian cities of Florence, Venice and Rome from corruption, and to fulfill his destiny as an Assassin.
- Uberto Alberti in 1476
- Vieri de' Pazzi in 1477
- Francesco de' Pazzi 1478
- Antonio Maffei in 1479
- Francesco Salviati in 1479
- Bernardo Baroncelliin 1480
- Stefano da Bagnone in 1480
- Jacopo de' Pazzi in 1481
- Emilio Barbarigo in 1486
- Carlo Grimaldi in 1486
- Marco Barbarigo in 1486
- Silvio Barbarigo in 1486
- Dante Moro[5] in 1486
- Checco Orsi in 1488
- Ludovico Orsi[6] in 1488
- Gaspar Martínez in 1491
- Pedro Llorente in 1491
- Juan de Marillo in 1491
- Tomás de Torquemada (escaped)[7] in 1491
- Girolamo Savonarola in 1498
- The Painter in 1497
- The Doctor in 1497
- The Preacher in 1497
- The Farmer in 1497
- The Condottiero in 1497
- The Merchant in 1497
- The Nobleman in 1497
- The Priest in 1497
- The Captain Guard[8] in 1497
- Rodrigo Borgia (spared)[5] in 1499
- Master of the Sacred Palace[9] in 1500
- Juan Borgia the Elder in 1503
- Octavian de Valois in 1503
- Micheletto Corella (spared)[10] in 1503
- Ercole Massimo[11] in 1506
- Cesare Borgia[10] in 1507
Ezio also completed several Templar agent assassination assignments while liberating the city of Rome.
- Il Carnefice in 1500
- Malfatto, via an apprentice in 1500
- Silvestro Sabbatini, via an apprentice in 1500
- Lanz in 1503
- Gaspar de la Croix in 1503
- Lia de Russo in 1503
- Donato Mancini in 1503
- Auguste Oberlin in 1503
- Brother Ristoro[10] in 1503
Ezio assassinated several Templars and some noblemen in the cities of Masyaf, Constantinople, and Derinkuyu.
- Leandros in 1511
- Halim in 1511
- Tarik Barleti in 1511
- Shahkulu in 1512
- Manuel Palaiologos[3] in 1512
Ezio, with the aid of his apprentices, also assassinated Templar agents in the city of Constantinople.
- Vali cel Tradat via an apprentice in 1511
- Cyril of Rhodes in 1511
- Georgios Kostas via an apprentice in 1511
- Odai Dunqas via an apprentice in 1512
- Damat Ali Pasha via an apprentice in 1512
- Mirela Djuric in 1511
- Lysistrata[3] in 1511
Colonial America
Haytham Kenway was responsible for the assassination of two English military operatives as well as three men that opposed the Templars during the Seven Years' War.
- Miko in 1754
- Cutter in 1754
- Louis Mills in 1754
- Silas Thatcher in 1754
- Edward Braddock[12] in 1754
Aveline de Grandpré had 6 targets between the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
- Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie in 1765
- Baptiste in 1765
- Antonio de Ulloa (Spared) in 1769
- Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer in 1769
- Vásquez in 1773
- George Davidson in 1777
- Madeleine de l'Isle[13] in 1777
Before, during, and after the events of the American Revolution, the Assassin Connor assassinated several men in order to protect his tribe and further the pursuit of freedom for the citizens of the thirteen British colonies of America.
- William Johnson in 1774
- John Pitcairn in 1775
- Thomas Hickey in 1776
- Nicholas Biddle in 1778
- Benjamin Church in 1778
- Kanen'tó:kon in 1779
- Haytham Kenway in 1781
- Charles Lee[12] in 1782
Modern times
The Assassin Desmond Miles infiltrated the Templar company headquarters of Abstergo Industries in Rome, and assassinated two members of their order. Before this, he also killed an Assassin that had defected to the Templars following the obtaining of the Apple of Eden in the Colosseum Vault.
- Lucy Stillman[10] in 2012
- Daniel Cross in 2012
- Warren Vidic[12] in 2012
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II - Battle of Forlì (DLC)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II - Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Copernicus Conspiracy
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - The Da Vinci Disappearance
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Assassin's Creed III
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III: Liberation