Babylonian Brotherhood
The Order retroactively known as the Babylonian Brotherhood to which the Babylonian assassin Iltani belonged operated during the 4th century BC within the empire of Alexander the Great.[1] It was one of the precursor groups of the Assassin Brotherhood.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
The Order was a secret Babylonian organization that dealt in assassinations of those they deemed tyrannical. In the 4th century BCE, they counted a woman named Iltani among its members.[3]
Although Babylonia had by then ceased to be a sovereign entity, the Order was still active when western Asia fell to the Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great. Iltani set out to assassinate Alexander during his campaign in what is now modern-day Afghanistan, but she was forced to withdraw when she found him too well-guarded in the citadel of Herat. As a result, she turned to an alchemist of the former Achaemenid Empire who provided her with a deadly but slow-acting poison.[1] In 323 BCE,[3][4] Iltani succeeded in killing Alexander with the poison,[5] but ultimately failed to retrieve his Staff of Eden that had been entrusted to him by the Order of the Ancients.[2]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
For its parallels with the later Hidden Ones, the Order later came to be seen by them as one of their antecedents and was retrospectively dubbed the Babylonian Brotherhood,[3] with Iltani being honored posthumously as one of their legendary predecessors.[5]
In 862 CE, the Hidden One from Alamut Tabid Al-Nubi tried to recreate Iltani's poison.[6]
In the 14th century, even after the Hidden Ones became the Assassins Brotherhood, the Babylonian Brotherhood was still revered. In the Sanctuary of Monteriggioni, the Italian Assassin Domenico Auditore put a sculpture of Iltani among five other important members of the Brotherhood. Auditore created a seal for each sculpture to lock the Armor of the Levantine Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.[5] By the 15th century, Iltani's seal was hidden in the lantern of the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. It was recovered by Domenico's great-grandson Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who brought it back to the Sanctuary to unlock the Armor.[7]
In 1841, during the Siege of Herat, the Indian Assassin Arbaaz Mir used his Eagle Vision and discovered Iltani's scrolls hidden across the citadel.[1]
In 2000, the Mentor possessed a statue of Iltani in his office of Dubai among other members.[8]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Silent Assist
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Origins
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Assassin's Creed II – Floating conversations: "Unlocking Monteriggioni's Secrets"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Taking Flight
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Il Duomo's Secret
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Fall – Issue #3
