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This article is about the Egyptian Templar agent. You may be looking for Leila Marino.

Leila (unknown – 1342) was a Templar agent operating in Egypt in 1341. She was responsible for the assassination of the Egyptian Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad and the Assassin Numa Al'Khamsin.

Biography

Early life

When Leila was seven years old she was part of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad's personal Harem. Against her will she had to obey the Sultan, enduring all the Sultan's acts. For years she lived in anxiety, developing a growing hatred for the Sultan.

Assassination of the Sultan

Somewhere in 1341 Leila was contacted by the Templars and was offered a dagger to avenge the humiliations she suffered. Without hesitation, Leila accepted the deal to kill the Sultan. One night, while still active as a servant, Leila was summoned by the Sultan. When she was asked to accompany him, Leila seduced Muhammed and subsequently killed him by slitting his throat, in the name of the "Templars' fight against oppression". She then made an attempt to flee, but was captured while making her escape from the palace.

She was subsequently imprisoned, sharing her cell with the Assassin Numa Al'Khamsin. After offering Numa something to drink, Leila told him she had killed the Sultan and that she was to be executed the following day.

Escaping the Palace

Leila told her story to the Assassin and with her knowledge of the Palace, proposed an escape. Numa, who did not consent her buisness with the Templars, asked why he should trust her. Leila then explained that she wasn't a true believer in the Templar cause and that she was not interested in politics nor money. The Templars had merely delivered the weapon and she had acted simply out of hatred and vengeance.

At that moment a few guards arrived to pick up Leila for the execution. Just as the guard proceeded to take Leila with him, Numa attacked the guards, killing all three of them. The Assassin then said he had played his part and Leila knew it was her turn. She then led them through the palace, while Numa killed all the guards on their way.

They escaped and headed for the safe house that Leila had arranged in the city in order to lay low after the murder of the Sultan. There she seduced Numa and the two had a sexual encounter, after which Numa slipped away during the night, leaving a rose on the bed which Leila found when she woke up.

Trivia

Through the child she conceived with Al'Khamsin, Leila is an ancestor of Vernon Hest and Jonathan Hawk, a non-canon modern day Templar and Assassin, respectively.