Genghis Khan

Qulan: "Your time is at an end, Temujin."

Genghis: "Hnn... That name no longer has meaning. I am and shall forever remain Genghis Khan."

—Genghis Khan to Qulan Gal, 1227.

Genghis Khan (ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ; c. 1162 – 1227), born Temüjin (ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ), was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which he ruled from 1206 until his death. Utilizing a Sword of Eden, Genghis Khan established what would later become the largest contiguous empire in history.

Biography

Early life

Temüjin was born circa 1162 in the Khentii Mountains within the territories of the Khamag Mongol, to Yesügei a chieftain of the Borjigin clan and his principal wife Hö'elün from the Olkhonud clan.

Rise to power

"A dark tide rises to the east – an army of such size and power that all the land is made quick to worry. Their leader is a man named Temujin, who has adopted the title Genghis Khan. He sweeps across the lands, conquering and subsuming all who stand in his way."

―Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex, page 29.

At a later point in his life, Temüjin obtained a Sword of Eden, and used its abilities to eventually found the Mongol Empire in 1206, ruling it as Genghis Khan.

By the year 1217, the Levantine Assassins' Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad correctly suspected that Genghis Khan's rise to power was due in part to a Sword of Eden. Thus, Altaïr, his wife Maria, and his son Darim traveled to Mongolia intending to assassinate the Khan and retrieve the Piece of Eden.

By 1221, following a two year invasion, Genghis Khan had control of the Silk Road trade route, bringing it under one cohesive political environment.

Death

"You have made the worst enemy possible, Assassin. You know not what plague you have brought down upon your kind! I will be reincarnated in the blood of my descendants. Your arrows may puncture my flesh but I will rise anew. My name... my legacy are immortal."

―Genghis Khan's final words, 1227.

Genghis Khan's last moments

In August 1227, Altaïr and his allies located Genghis Khan in Xingqing around the time his forces were besieging the city. After the Assassins set the Mongol camp ablaze with flaming arrows, the Khan fled on horseback, but was chased by Darim and the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal. The latter shot his horse with an arrow, dismounting the Khan and providing Darim the chance to kill him with a crossbow bolt.

Legacy

Genghis Khan's grandson, Hülegü Khan, later destroyed most of the Assassins' strongholds in the Levant after a failed attempt on his life in 1256, effectively erasing the Levantine Assassins' power.

After his death, a literary work on Genghis Khan and his family was written. A copy of the work was later purchased by Ezio Auditore in Constantinople in the 16th century.

In November 2013, Genghis Khan and the Mongol's conquest was discussed by Abstergo Entertainment employee Evan Dean as a possible new location for a future Animus project. However, his rambling quickly became heated and the Chief Creative Officer Olivier Garneau told Dean to take the discussion offline.

In 2016, Rebecca Crane estimated that Genghis Khan likely had sixteen million living descendants.

Gallery

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  Genghis Khan utilizing the Sword of Eden in combat
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  Genghis Khan leading his Mongol army
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  Potrait of Genghis Khan as shown in Who's In Your Blood?
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  Genghis Khan admiring the Sword of Eden in his possession
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  Genghis Khan calling for aid
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  The Khan fleeing with his men
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  The Khan's body after his assassination

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed II (first mentioned)
• Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Memories (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed film (promotional material only)
• Assassin's Creed: Reflections
• Echoes of History (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Forging History (mentioned only)