Greek Brotherhood of Assassins

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The Greek Brotherhood of Assassins was the branch of Assassins located in Greece.

History[edit | edit source]

Establishment[edit | edit source]

One of the first iterations of the Brotherhood was founded in Krete by the Hidden One Marcus Junius Brutus in 44 BCE, when he took refuge on the island after the assassination of Julius Caesar. With his recruits, Brutus tried to eliminate the tyrants of the island.^[1]

Middle Ages[edit | edit source]

By the 9th century CE, the Hidden Ones were still operating in Greece. Around 861, one of their members, Itamos, came across a sketch of a Hidden Blade belonging to Darius, a 5th century BCE Persian assassin and predecessor to the Hidden Ones. He subsequently sent it to the Master Assassin Roshan, a member of the Alamut Brotherhood in Persia.^[3]

Renaissance[edit | edit source]

In 1511, the Greek Assassins in Athens were having problems with retaining the trust of the people since the city came under Ottoman rule. Receiving aid from the Ottoman Brotherhood, they convinced the people that they were an independent organization, not working for any nation.^[4] Together, the two Brotherhoods also stopped the Ottoman soldiers who went against the Sultan's orders and looted the homes of Greek citizens.^[5] Finally, the Greek and Ottoman Assassins collaborated to eliminate the Templar leaders in Athens, who had been paying Ottoman soldiers handsomely for their looted goods.^[6]

That same year, the Rhodian Master Assassin Castor was captured by the Knights Hospitalier. Ottoman and Greek Assassins sent by Ezio Auditore found that he had been murdered, and in retaliation, they burnt down the Hospitalier Compound.^[7]

In 1516, the Greek Assassins were given an Apple of Eden recovered from the Templars for safekeeping. However, the compound where the artifact was stored came under attack by the rogue Assassin Hiram Stoddard, who sought to use the Apple to communicate with his deceased lover Elena. Although Hiram managed to kill the Assassin guards and steal the Apple,^[2] he was soon confronted by his old rival, the Italian Assassin Giovanni Borgia, who defeated Hiram and recovered the Apple, taking it elsewhere.^[8]