Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city located between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. The city was often visited by Assassins.

History

It is known as the "Holy City" to Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and "Outremer" to Templars. The largest city in the Holy Land, it houses exquisite mosques and cathedrals, denoting the contrast of cultures here. Two major Templar structures were found here, the Templar Tower (circa 1190), and Solomon's Temple, a structure under the city where the Apple was kept, inside the Ark of the Covenant.

In 1190, Altaïr visited the city twice. During his first visit, he infiltrated a noble's villa, where he attacked Lord Basilisk and captured the third key to the Temple of the Sand. His next step took him into the Templar Tower, where he killed its Master and took a map to the Temple of the Sand. During his second visit, he freed the Chalice, an artifact he was looking for, from the Templars' control.

Altaïr returned to the city in 1191, first failing to retrieve the Templar treasure from under the Dome of the Rock, and three more times as part of his redemption.

Assassination Targets

Assassination target Talal.

Assassination target Talal.

Talal

Talal was a famous slave trader in Jerusalem. He was located in the rich district of Jerusalem within his Slave complex. He was the third out of nine assassination targets after Altaïr's failure at Solomon's Temple. Talal let Altaïr into his complex in order to kill him, but his guards were soon overpowered by the Assassin, who, after the fight, followed the fleeing Talal. In his final words, the slave trader warned Altaïr of his mistake to kill him, that the Assassin would not yet understand the irony of the misunderstanding, but that he would find out soon.

Majd Addin

Assassination target Majd Addin.

Assassination target Majd Addin.

Saladin's self-appointed Regent of Jerusalem and the sixth target out of the nine, located in the poor disctrict. Majd suffered from powermadness while being an executioner, noting that he felt like a god once he saw how the people cheered at him, and he loved how he determined another man's fate. The day Altaïr was about to assassinate him, Majd had organized a show including a prostitute, a thief, a gambler, and one of Altaïr's fellow Assassins. Altaïr was ordered by Malik to assassinate Majd Addin, and to let him with his men save the captured Assassin. Majd speeched extensively on every execution target he had, killing all but the Assassin, before Majd himself was killed by Altaïr. In his last conversation, he told the Assassin of what he felt standing in front of the public, trying to clear things up, as he denied taking the oppertunity for power in order to kill innocents.

Robert de Sable

Assassination target decoy of Robert de Sable.

Assassination target decoy of Robert de Sable.

Robert was the last of the nine assassination targets, to be assassinated at the funeral of Majd Addin. However, Maria Thorpe, a female Templar and the assistent of Robert de Sable, was left as decoy for Altaïr to assassinate instead of the real Robert de Sable, who was already on his way to Arsuf. Altaïr fought off the Templar trap, and "assassinated" the decoy, who spent her time conversing with him before she was let free once more.

Map

File:Jerusalem Rich District.png	File:Jerusalem Middle District.png	File:Jerusalem Poor District.png
Rich District	Middle District	Poor District

Gallery

• Concept art.
  Concept art.
• Concept art.
  Concept art.
• Altaïr watches the city of Jerusalem from Solomon's Temple.
  Altaïr watches the city of Jerusalem from Solomon's Temple.