Ibn-La'Ahad family
The Ibn-La'Ahad family was a 13th century Levantine lineage which played a major role in the reformation the Assassins Brotherhood from a public organization to a secret society.
History
The eagle rising
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]
Journey to Cyprus
A month after the death of Al Mualim, Altaïr led an attack against the Templars in Acre. There, he confronted another time Maria. Taking her as an hostage, Altaïr traveled to Cyprus with her to pursue the Templars ld by Armand Bouchart. First reluctant to help the Assassin, Maria became an ally of Altaïr after seeing the wrongs that the Templars did to the citizens of the island. They helped the Cypriot Resistance by killing Bouchart's lieutenants. In 1193, they duelled Bouchart in the Templar Archive beneath the Limassol Castle and killed him. After liberating Cyprus from the Templars, Altaïr decided to return to Masyaf with Maria at his side to join the Brotherhood.[3]
Altaïr and Maria grew closer together and in 1195, they returned to Limassol and get married. Later that year, Maria gave birth of their first son, Darim.[1] Two years later, after a visit in the Acre Citadel, the couple had another son, Sef Ibn-La'Ahad.[4] Along with his family life, Altaïr continued to expand the Brotherhood, studying the Apple to have new technologies for the Assassins and writing his research in a Codex. Around 1210's, Sef founded his own family, having a wife and two daughters.[1]
Fighting the Mongols
In 1217, Altaïr decided to go in the East to fight the growing threat of Genghis Khan and his Mongol Empire. While Maria and Darim accompagned Altaïr, Sef decided to stay in Masyaf to raise his daughters. Nine years after their departure, Sef was killed by the Assassin Swami on the order of Abbas. After that, Abbas accused Malik Al-Sayf of the crime and sent him to a dungeon. With Altaïr left and Malik in prison, Abbas took the role of Mentor. Sef's widow and daughter flew to Alamut.[1]
In 1227, Altaïr, Maria and Darim met the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal. Together, they planned to go in Xingqing's camp in the Xia province, kill the Khan and recover the Sword of Eden in his possession. Altaïr and Qulan infiltrated the camp while Maria and Darim covered them from a distance. They didn't found the artifact but saved Gal's apprentice, Nergüi. The five Assassins attacked the camp with flamming arrows, which led the Khan to flee. Qulan shot the horse of the target who fell and Darim finished him with his crossbow. After the success of their mission the Ibn-La'Ahad decided to return to Masyaf without the recovering the Sword of Eden.[5]
Exile of Masyaf
In 1228, the three Ibn-La'Ahad arrived in Masyaf. Swami informed them that Malik was arrested and that Sef was at Alamut. Darim traveled to see in brother while Altaïr and Maria stayed in Masyaf. Later, they discovered that Sef was killed and Malik was wrongly accussed of the murder. Altaïr liberated in friend and wrote a letter telling him the truth to Darim. Later, Altaïr and Maria confronted Abbas and the Assassins. Abbas accused the former Mentor to have kill out of revenge Malik, showing the decapitated head of Altaïr's friend.[1] As Abbas tried to recover the Apple, Altaïr used the artifact on Swami but in the confrontation, Swami stabbed Maria and Altaïr killed his son's murderer. Maria died in the arms of Altaïr, who quickly flew from the fortress. With the help of Darim, Altaïr escaped Masyaf and took refuge in Alamut.[6]
Shortly after the arrival of Alaïr and Darim, Sef's widow decided to go to Alexandria with her daughters, unabled to bear Altaïr's suffering. A year later, Darim also left his father after Altaïr renewed his obsession with the Apple of Eden. Darim traveled in England and France to warn the advancing threats of the Mongols. In Alamut, Altaïr developed the Hidden Gun and also discovered a Isu Temple under the castle. He found in it six Memory Seals, using them to record important moment of his life.[1]
In 1247, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and discovered that the Brotherhood was crumbled under Abbas' leadership. Allying to Malik's son Tazim and Assassins true to the Creed, Altaïr took back the control of the Brotherhood and killed Abbas with the Hidden Gun. Darim returned to Masyaf after learning his father's return.[6]
Members
Family Tree
| Umar Ibn-La'Ahad | Maud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | Maria Thorpe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darim Ibn-La'Ahad | Sef Ibn-La'Ahad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unknown daughter | Unknown daughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- Assassin's Creed
- Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
- Assassin's Creed II
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Assassin's Creed: Reflections (Issue 2)