Ibn-La'Ahad family
The Ibn-La'Ahad family was a 13th century Levantine lineage who had a major role in the reformation the Assassins Brotherhood from a public organization to a secret society.
History
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The first known member of the Ibn-La'Ahad family was Umar Ibn-La'Ahad, a Muslim Assassin of the Levantine Brotherhood, a public organization who operated from Masyaf in all the Holy Land. He was married to Maud, a Christian Assassin. In January 1165, Maud gave birth to their son, Altaïr, but Maud died due to complications from birth. Umar raised his son alone but act more like an Assassin than a father. In August 1176, during the Siege of Masyaf, Umar sacrificed his life to save the Assassin Ahmad Sofian and was executed by the troops of Saladin. Later Ahmad committed suicide before Altaïr to repay his fault. This event created an animosity between Altaïr and Ahmad's son, Abbas.[1] Altaïr was personally trained by Al Mualim, the Mentor of the Brotherhood. Altaïr saw in the Mentor a father figure. In 1189, he saved the Mentor from the Templars, the sworn enemies of the Assassins. After this, Altaïr was promoted to the rank of Master Assassin.[1]
Two years later, Altaïr and the brothers Al-Sayf were sent in the ruins of Solomon's Temple to recover a Apple of Eden, one of the Pieces of Eden from the Isu. As the mission gone wrong with the death of Kadar Al-Sayf and the attack of Masyaf. Altaïr was demoted from his rank but Al Mualim offered him the chance to recover it by killing nine Templars who discovered the Apple. After had killed eight of his targets, Altaïr went to Jerusalem to kill the last one, Robert de Sablé, the Grand Master of the Templar Order. Altaïr fought Robert but it was in fact Maria Thorpe, a English crusader who served as a lure to protect de Sablé. Altaïr decided to let her live and traveled to Arsuf to kill the Grand Master. In his last breath, Robert revealed that Al Mualim worked with the Templars to recover the Apple. Altair confronted his Mentor who used the artifact to control the civilians of Masyaf. Altaïr killed Al Mualim and became the new Mentor and decided to study the Apple of Eden.[2]
Members
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- Assassin's Creed
- Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Assassin's Creed: Reflections (Issue 2)