Assassin leader

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This article is about the Assassin rank. You may be looking for the equivalent rank in the Templar Order.

An Assassin leader is a member of the Assassin Brotherhood who heads a branch of the organization.

Before the 20th century, contact between countries was difficult and almost non-existent, resulting in the various branches of Assassins each having their own leader rather than being united under a single individual. On some occasions, these Assassin leaders were given the honorific of Mentor, having proven they were wise enough, and after they had trained a high number of Assassin apprentices.

By the late 20th century, when contact between countries was stable and common, the Assassin Brotherhood was united under a single leader, who was from then on known as the Mentor only.

Known Assassin leaders

Leaders who are known to also have attained the rank of Mentor are marked with an asterisk. (*)

American Brotherhood

• 
  Achilles Davenport*
  1746 – 1763; 1769 – 1781
• 
  Ratonhnhaké:ton
  began 1781
• 
  American Mentor*
  c. 1863
• 
  American Mentor*
  c. 1950s

British Brotherhood

• 
  Robert Fitzwalter
  c. 1215
• 
  Phillip Randall*
  c. 1714
• 
  Edward Kenway
  c. 1723 – 1735
• 
  Miko
  c. 1723 – 1754
• 
  Jacob Frye
  London
  began c. 1868
• 
  Jack the Ripper
  Rooks
  1888

Chinese Brotherhood

• 
  Kang*
  c. 1259
• 
  Fang Xiaoru
  until 1402
• 
  Wang Yangming*
  until 1524; c. 1526 – 1529
• 
  Zhu Jiuyuan*
  1524
• 
  Shao Jun*
  began 1532
• 
  Xiao Han*
  c. 1725

Egyptian Brotherhood

• 
  Iskender*
  c. 1511
• 
  Al Mualim*
  c. 1794

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  Bayek*
  Egypt
  began 47 BCE
• 
  Aya*
  Rome
  began 46 BCE
• 
  Li E
  Tang dynasty
  c. 755
• 
  Rayhan*
  Abbasid Caliphate
  c. 860s
• 
  Fuladh Al Haami*
  Justanid Persia
  c. 870s
• 
  Basim Ibn Ishaq
  Constantinople
  c. 870
• 
  Hytham
  Britain
  c. 889
• 
  Torgny*
  Scandinavia
  c. 984

Italian Brotherhood

• 
  Mario Auditore
  until 1500
• 
  Niccolò Machiavelli*
  1500 – 1503
• 
  Ezio Auditore da Firenze*
  1503 – 1513
• 
  Claudia Auditore da Firenze
  1510 – 1513 (de facto)
• 
  Lodovico Ariosto*
  began 1513

Japanese Brotherhood

• 
  Kotetsu
  Mid-16th century
• 
  Alvaro Catarribera
  Kakushiba ikki
  c. 1550s
• 
  Tsuyu
  Kakushiba ikki
  c. 1560s
• 
  Momochi Sandayu
  Kakushiba ikki
  until 1581
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  Fujibayashi Naoe
  Kakushiba ikki
  began 1582
• 
  Kenichi Mochizuki*
  until 2013
• 
  Saeko Mochizuki*
  began 2013

Levantine Brotherhood

• 
  Hassan-i Sabbāh
  Alamut
  1090 – 1124
• 
  Hassan the Younger
  Alamut
  1162 – 1166
• 
  Al Mualim*
  Masyaf
  1162 – 1191
• 
  Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad*
  Masyaf
  1191 – 1227; 1247 – 1257
• 
  Malik Al-Sayf
  Masyaf
  1217 – 1225 (de facto)
• 
  Abbas Sofian*
  Masyaf
  1225 – 1247
• 
  Mujir*
  c. 1511

Ottoman Brotherhood

• 
  Ishak Pasha*
  c. 1490s
• 
  Yusuf Tazim
  c. 1509 – 1512
• 
  Dogan
  began 1512

Parisian Brotherhood

• 
  Guillaume de Nogaret*
  c. 1307
• 
  Thomas de Carneillon*
  until 1323
• 
  Yolande of Aragon*
  c. 1429
• 
  French Mentor*
  c. 1690
• 
  Mireille
  c. 1721
• 
  Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau*
  until 1791
• 
  Sophie Trenet
  began 1791
• 
  Michel Moulin
  began c. 1870

Russian Brotherhood

• 
  Russian Mentor*
  until 1953
• 
  Medeya Voronina*
  until 2014

Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood

• 
  François Mackandal*
  c. 1732 – 1758
• 
  Eseosa
  began c. 1776

Spanish Brotherhood

• 
  Benedicto*
  until 1492
• 
  Aguilar de Nerha*
  until 1526

West Indies Brotherhood

• 
  Bahlam*
  c. 1673 – 1713
• 
  Ah Tabai*
  1713 – c. 1745

Other branches

• 
  Eve
  Prehistoric proto-Assassins
  c. 75,010 BCE
• 
  Darius
  Protectors of Persia
  c. 465 BCE
• 
  Mongolian Mentor*
  Mongolian Brotherhood
  c. 1241
• 
  Thomas of Balmerino
  Scottish Brotherhood
  c. 1296
• 
  Desiderius Erasmus
  North European Brotherhood
  c. 1512
• 
  Agaté*
  Louisiana Brotherhood
  1759 – 1777
• 
  Hamid*
  Indian Brotherhood
  c. 1839 – c. 1860
• 
  Henri Escoffier
  Swiss Brotherhood
  began c. 1867

Worldwide

• 
  The Mentor*
  ? – 2000
• 
  William Miles*
  c. 2000 – 2013; 2015 – present
• 
  Gavin Banks
  2013 – 2014

Behind the scenes

During the Den Defense events in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, there is a special type of Assassin unit that generates morale and unlocks rooftops for other Assassins to make their stand on. Although this type of unit is called "Assassin Leader", it should not be confused with its counterpart in the official Assassin's Creed role, as it is merely a designation of the unit's role in the battle.

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