Sibrand was a member of a secret organization known as the Templar Order, he was the seventh individual that Al Mualim ordered Altaïr to assassinate. He was the Grand Master of the Knights Teutonic and held authority over the port area of the middle district within the city of Acre until his death in 1191.
In 1191, Sibrand became the Grand Master of the Knights Teutonic. Having obtained this position of great power, Sibrand was desperate to keep it from slipping away. Incapable as he was to secure his position, the man was also constantly plagued by ideas of conspiracies and plots against him, so much that he often doubled the guards on patrol and even threatened to pull knights from battle to protect him. He spoke with a quick, clipped pace, his eyes constantly darting everywhere, alert for signs of trouble. He took control of the docks in the city of Acre where he also acquired the services of many ships which he was planning to use to form a blockade that would prevent the "fool" Kings and Queens from sending aid once the Templars initiated their plan to take control of the Holy Land.
Sibrand tormenting a scholar he accused of being an Assassin.
Having taken control of Acre's docks, Sibrand waited to play his part in the supposed "liberation" of the Holy Land. Altaïr set out to the docks only to find Sibrand abusing and tormenting a scholar in front of a group of civilians, accusing him of being an Assassin. After taunting and later killing the scholar, Sibrand donned his horned helmet and set off for his personal ship. As Altaïr navigated his way through the docks, and towards Sibrand's ship, he could hear the Templar screaming that he would take care of the Assassins himself if no one would do it. The Assassin stealthily climbed aboard the ship and put an end to Sibrand's life. With his last breath, Sibrand told Altaïr of the role assigned to him by the Brotherhood. He told of how he had proof that nothing waited for him after this life. Having told the Assassin all he had known, Sibrand perished.
Personality and characteristics
Although he seemed cowardly, hiding behind his men and accusing simple scholars just because of their garments, Sibrand was somewhat fierce, striking fear to the crowd. Sibrand feared death because he knew that nothing waited for him in the beyond and he always remained cautious while he was being hunted, keeping a keen eye out and observing the crowd just in case his killer may find him which soon he did and even as he was dying he admitted all his fears without hesitation.
Sibrand sometimes wore a helmet which had horns popping up from the tip of it, he wore a tunic which was padded with small portions of metal. He also had a bow upon his back, along with some arrows, aswell as this, underneath his tunic was chain-mail armor. His tunic had the Knight Teutonic's symbol on the left side, he usually had his hair pulled back and if one looks closely, they could just see a small amount of wrinkles. Overall, Sibrand looked like a man of 34 at death.
Final words
Sibrand:Please, don't do this!
Altaïr:You are afraid...
Sibrand:Of course I am afraid!
Altaïr:But you'll be safe now, held in the arms of your god.
Sibrand:Have my brothers taught you nothing!? I know what waits for me, for all of us!
Altaïr:If not your god, then what?
Sibrand:Nothing. Nothing waits... and that is what I fear.
Altaïr:You don't believe?
Sibrand:How could I, given what I know? What I've seen? Our treasure was the proof!
Altaïr:Proof of what?
Sibrand:That this life is all we have!
Sibrand's death
Altaïr:Linger a while longer then, and tell me of the part you were to play.
Sibrand:A blockade by sea, to keep the fool kings and queens from sending reinforcements once we... once we...
Altaïr:Conquered the Holy Land!?
Sibrand:Freed it, you fool, from the tyranny of faith!
Altaïr:Freedom!? You worked to overthrow cities, control men's minds, murdered any who spoke against you!
Sibrand:I followed my orders, believing in my cause, same as you.
Trivia
Sibrand, like Garnier and Robert, was a real-life leader of the Knights Teutonic: Meister (Master) Sibrand. Very little is actually known of his exploits, but it's believed that he was the first Grandmaster of the Teutonic Knights and active as their commander in the Third Crusade.
An in-game glitch can be found during Sibrand's assassination. To perform it, Sibrand must not be aware of your presence. When he is randomly shooting arrows on the front of his ship, approach and throw him against the side of the boat. Sibrand will fall off his ship and into the water. You will then fail the mission, supposedly because your target escaped.
A second glitch may occur when Sibrand is at the front of the ship shooting his arrows and shouting, where he may not be wearing his helmet which he put on after killing the scholar.File:Sibrand Invastigation.pngSibrand seen during an eavesdropping investigation.
Sibrand is also the only target in Assassin's Creed that you can see during an investigation, though he disappears once the cut-scene has finished.
His belief in the absence of an afterlife is similar to Altaïr's, as he wrote in the Codex that he feels that there is no Heaven or Hell, just a state of empty existence, or the absence of consciousness.
Another in-game glitch involving Sibrand takes place in the final level, when you face the "clones" of your assassination victims, "Sibrand" will speak with a somewhat muffled voice as if he was wearing his helmet although he does not.
