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| − | {{Quote|Find them, kill them. In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|Al Mualim to Altaïr, 1191.|Assassin's Creed}} |
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| + | {{Quote|Find them, kill them. In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|Al Mualim conversing about assassination targets with Altaïr, 1191.|Assassin's Creed|Knowledge (Masun)}} |
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| − | [[File:IF 7.png|thumb|250px|Ezio Auditore da Firenze assassinating a target]] |
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| + | [[File:IF 7.png|thumb|250px|Ezio Auditore da Firenze assassinating Carlo Grimaldi]] |
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| − | '''Assassination targets''' were individuals that the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] – and in select instances, the [[Templars|Templar Order]] – deemed worthy of elimination. Over the [[Timeline|centuries]], the Assassins killed many individuals they believed to be corrupt and a danger to humanity, particularly Templars and their associates. |
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| + | An '''assassination''' is the targeted killing of an individual by a sudden or secret attack, often for political reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assassination|author=Merriam-Webster dictionary|title=Assassination}}</ref> Over the [[Timeline|centuries]], political organizations like the [[Templars|Templar Order]] and most prominently the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] have carried out innumerable assassinations of their enemies to advance their causes. In the context of the Assassins, the term ''assassination'' has also been applied to techniques for killing a target stealthily in a hostile situation, regardless if they were the primary target of an operation.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> |
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| + | ==Background== |
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| − | Below is a chronological list of notable victims, by faction and assassin responsible. |
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| + | The term ''assassination'' comes from the word ''assassin'', which in turn comes from the Arabic word "[[wikt:Hashshashin|حشّاشين]]" (''ħashshāshīyīn''), or "Hash-Smokers". Historian [[Shaun Hastings]] argued that the [[Hidden Ones]] adopted the later name of Assassins as a mark of pride.<ref name="Hash">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: "The Hidden Ones"</ref> Both incarnations used [[Assassination contract|contracts]] to outline targets, explain the reasoning for their targeting and even to specify manner of death at times.<ref name = "Hidden Ones Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Brief History of the Hidden Ones]]</ref><ref name = "Old Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – Files: "Session Report: SHastings"</ref><ref name = "Black Flag Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Overrun and Outnumbered]]</ref> |
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| + | Though precise in their methods, both sides of the [[Assassin-Templar War]] did not complete assassinations at times due to choice or circumstance. For example, the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins|Louisianan Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]] spared the life of [[Antonio de Ulloa]],<ref name = "Ulloa">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – [[A Governor No More]]</ref> and the [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] would intercept Assassin contracts and prevent them from accomplishing their tasks.<ref name="Interception">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – Assassin Interceptions</ref> The [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] prevented the Templars from killing high profile people such as astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]<ref name="Copernicus">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] – [[Copernicus Conspiracy]] –'' [[False Censorship]]</ref> and then-prince [[Suleiman I]].<ref name = "Suleiman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Prince's Banquet]]</ref> |
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| − | ==Elimination by Assassins== |
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| − | ===Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad=== |
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| − | Around the time of the [[Third Crusade]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] assassinated various individuals during his quest to find [[Adha|The Chalice]] in 1190. He later eliminated [[Hunt for the Nine|nine tyrannical public figures]] in an effort to restore [[Master Assassin|his lost rank]] and regain honor within the Assassin Order. |
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| + | ==Assassination techniques== |
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| − | Following his ascension to [[Mentor]] of the Order, he carried out several assassinations to aid the [[Cypriot Resistance]] in 1192, and continued to eliminate notable targets throughout his life. |
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| + | ===Hidden Blade=== |
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| + | [[File:Zw-codex-13.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr's codex on Hidden Blade assassinations]] |
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| + | The first recorded use of the [[Hidden Blade]] was dated from the 5th century BCE, when [[Darius]] used it to assassinate King [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] in [[Iran|Persia]].<ref name="Darius' Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted]]'' – [[Shadow of a Legend]]</ref> Centuries later, his Hidden Blade was passed on to [[Amunet|Aya]] by Queen [[Cleopatra]] of [[Egypt]], and she in turn gave it to her husband, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]], to aid in their quest to [[Hunt for the Snake|eliminate]] the [[Order of the Ancients]] in Egypt.<ref name = "Bayek's Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Aya (memory)|Aya]]</ref> The Hidden Blade would go on to become the signature weapon of the Hidden Ones, the organization co-founded by Bayek and Aya, and of their later incarnation, the Asassin Brotherhood, with virtually all of their field agents possessing one Hidden Blade.<ref name = "Page 13">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]]: Page 13</ref> |
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| + | The [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Malik Al-Sayf]] worked to improve the methods of assassination using the Blade, three of which Altaïr documented in his [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|codex]]: "from on high, from ledges, and from hiding places". These would later be dubbed "air assassinations",<ref name = "You'll Pay For This">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity companion app]]'' – Les Invalides: You'll Pay For This</ref> "ledge assassinations", and "hidden assassinations", respectively.<ref name = "Edward Tutorial">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> Altaïr himself described these methods as basic, though critical.<ref name = "Page 13"/> In the same codex page, he introduced another improvement: the addition of a second, identical Hidden Blade, to allow Assassins to dispatch two targets at once.<ref name = "Page 13"/> This method was called a "double assassination".<ref name= "AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> All of these techniques were taught to Assassin recruits,<ref name = "Shay Tutorial">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Lessons and Revelations]]</ref> and became recognizable to the Templars.<ref name = "Edward Tutorial"/> |
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| − | 1189 – 1190= |
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| − | *[[Haras]] – 1189<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Tamir (1190)|Tamir of Damascus]] – 1190<ref name="Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Alaat]] – 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/> |
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| − | *[[Firas]] –1190<ref name="Chronicles"/> |
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| − | *[[Roland Napule]] – 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/> |
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| − | *[[Master of the Tower's student|The Master's Student]] – 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/> |
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| − | *[[Master of the Tower]] – 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/> |
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| − | *[[Harash]] – 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/> |
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| − | *[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]] – 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/> |
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| − | 1191= |
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| − | *[[Tamir]]<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Garnier de Naplouse]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Talal]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[William of Montferrat]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Majd Addin]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Sibrand]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Jubair al Hakim]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Robert de Sable]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]]<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Fredrick|Frederick the Red]]<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]</ref> |
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| − | 1192 – 1193= |
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| − | *[[Moloch]] – 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Dark Oracle]] – 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Telemachos]] – 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Shalim]] – 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Shahar]] – 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Pirate Captain]] – 1193<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Armand Bouchart]] – 1193<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | 1227 – 1247= |
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| − | *[[Swami]] – 1227<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Bayhas]] – 1247<ref name="Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Abbas Sofian]] – 1247<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | </tabber> |
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| − | === |
+ | ====Other variations==== |
| + | During the [[Isu Era]], the [[Æsir]] [[Odin]] performed two unique assassination types in the dwarven realm of [[Svartálfaheimr]]: the "raven assassination" and the "teleport assassination", both of which were done with help of the [[Hugr-Rip]], a gauntlet Odin wore that allowed him to steal the powers of giant [[raven]]s and the ''[[jötnar]]''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' - [[Gift to the God]]</ref> |
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| − | During the [[Renaissance]], the Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] assassinated various individuals in order to avenge the deaths of his family members, free the [[Spanish Assassins]], and liberate the [[Italy|Italian]] cities of [[Florence]], [[Venice]] and [[Rome]] from corruption. |
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| + | In the 5th century BCE, the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] used the [[Spear of Leonidas]] as a way to perform early assassinations, known as "stealth kills," in a similar fashion to the Hidden Blade. The spear, being an [[Piece of Eden|Isu artifact]], granted Kassandra a multitude of abilities, including "rush assassinations", in which Kassandra used her spear as a projectile and was teleported to her target.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> |
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| − | 1476 – 1479= |
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| − | *[[Uberto Alberti]] – 1476<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Vieri de' Pazzi]] – 1478<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Francesco de' Pazzi]] – 1478<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Antonio Maffei]] – 1478<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Francesco Salviati]] – 1479<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Bernardo Baroncelli]] – 1479<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Stefano da Bagnone]] – 1479<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | 1480 – 1489= |
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| − | *[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] – 1480<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Emilio Barbarigo]] – 1485<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Carlo Grimaldi]] – 1485<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Marco Barbarigo]] – 1486<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Silvio Barbarigo]] – 1486<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Dante Moro]] – 1486<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Ludovico Orsi]] – 1488<ref name="AC2 - Forlì">''[[Assassin's Creed II]] - [[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Battle of Forlì]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Checco Orsi]] – 1488<ref name="AC2 - Forlì"/> |
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| − | 1490 – 1499= |
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| − | *[[Gaspar Martínez]] – 1491<ref name="Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Pedro Llorente]] – 1491<ref name="Discovery"/> |
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| − | *[[Juan de Marillo]] – 1492<ref name="Discovery"/> |
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| − | *[[Painter|The Painter]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire">''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Guard Captain|The Guard Captain]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Nobleman|The Nobleman]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Priest (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Priest]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Merchant (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Merchant]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Doctor (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Doctor]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Farmer|The Farmer]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Condottiero|The Condottiero]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Preacher|The Preacher]] – 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | *[[Girolamo Savonarola]] – 1498<ref name="Bonfire"/> |
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| − | 1500 – 1509= |
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| − | *[[Il Carnefice]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Iacopo de Grassi]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Belardino da Verona]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Prospero da Siena]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Valentino da Siena]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Tommaso di Viterbo]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Pietro da Siena]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Domenico da Padova]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Francesco da Velletri]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Master of the Sacred Palace]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Battista Borgia]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Malfatto]], via an [[Apprentices|apprentice]] – 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Silvestro Sabbatini]], via an apprentice – 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Luigi Torcelli]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Juan Borgia the Elder]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Lanz]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Auguste Oberlin]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Ristoro]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Gaspar de la Croix]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Lia de Russo]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Donato Mancini]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Charles de la Motte]] – 1503<ref name="Memories">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Antonio da Fiorentino]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Ferdinando di Napoli]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Ippolito di Foligno]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Octavian de Valois]] – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Ercole Massimo]] – 1506<ref name="Brotherhood - Da Vinci">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Cesare Borgia]] – 1507<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | 1511 – 1512= |
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| − | *[[Leandros]] – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Halim]] – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Vali cel Tradat]], via an Apprentice – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Cyril of Rhodes]] – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Mirela Djuric]] – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Georgios Kostas]], via an Apprentice – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Odai Dunqas]], via an Apprentice – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Damat Ali Pasha]], via an Apprentice – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Lysistrata]] – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Tarik Barleti]] – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Shahkulu]] – 1512<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Manuel Palaiologos]] – 1512<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| + | In the early 1510s, Ezio Auditore used a Hidden Blade variant known as the [[Hookblade]] in [[Constantinople]] and made use of [[zipline]]s to perform "zipline assassinations" on targets, where he would slide down the line using the blade's hook and launch himself at his target just before reaching the line's opposite end.<ref name = "ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> |
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| − | ===Edward Kenway=== |
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| − | [[Edward Kenway]], father of [[Haytham Kenway]] and grandfather of [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], assassinated several individuals during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]] in his quest for riches and glory, and later in the service of the Assassin Order. |
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| + | During the [[French Revolution]], the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Brotherhood]] made use of the [[Phantom Blade]] to assassinate targets from afar via deadly bolts. The weapon could also be upgraded to shoot berserk bolts that caused targets to attack their allies and potentially eliminate each other.<ref name = "Dorian Phantom"/> |
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| − | 1712 – 1719= |
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| − | *[[Julian]] – 1712<ref name="ACBFN"/> |
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| − | *[[Duncan Walpole]] – 1715<ref name="ACBF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Julien du Casse]] – 1715<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Lucia Márquez]] – 1716<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Kenneth Abraham]] – 1716<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Laurens Prins]] – 1717<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Hilary Flint]] – 1717<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Vance Travers]] – 1717<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Jing Lang]] – 1717<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Peter Chamberlaine]] – 1718<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Josiah Burgess]] – 1719<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[John Cockram]] – 1719<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Benjamin Hornigold]] – 1719<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | 1721 – 1723= |
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| − | *[[Ruggiero Ferraro]] – 1721<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Bartholomew Roberts]] – 1722<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[El Tiburón]] – 1722<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]] – 1722<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Emmett Scott]] – 1723<ref name="ACBFN">[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Black Flag'' novel]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Wilson]] – 1723<ref name="ACBFN"/> |
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| − | </tabber> |
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+ | ===Poison=== |
| + | A slower method of assassination, but still widely used, was [[poison]]ing, which allowed elimination of targets without the use of force.<ref name = "Iltani's Assesment">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' – [[Database: Iltani's Story 2]]</ref> The [[Babylonian Brotherhood|Babylonian Assassin]] [[Iltani]] used poison against [[Alexander the Great]] in her quest to retrieve his [[Scepter of Alexander the Great|personal]] [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]],<ref name = "Iltani's Poison">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' – [[Database: Iltani's Story 5]]</ref> and the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Hidden One]] Amunet gave Cleopatra a vial of poison she used for her suicide.<ref name="Amunet">[[Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)|''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' (comic)]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Origins 4|Issue #04]]</ref> |
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| − | [[Aveline de Grandpré]] assassinated various targets between the [[French and Indian War]] and [[American Revolutionary War]] in an effort to free [[New Orleans]] from Templar influence and liberate victims of the slave trade. |
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| + | [[File:Zw-codex-21.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr's codex on poisons]] |
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| + | At some point before 1191, the use of poison was forbidden among the Levantine Brotherhood, and it was not until Altaïr became a [[Mentor]] that the prohibition was lifted.<ref name = "Page 6">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]]: Page 6</ref> In his codex, Altaïr reserved a section for instruction on how to construct an [[Poison Blade|alteration]] to the Hidden Blade that allowed the poisoning of targets, as well as instructions on how to distill the poison.<ref name = "Page 21">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]]: Page 21</ref> |
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| + | Poison also allowed for many different approaches in an assassination. The method used in [[Margaret of York]]'s death, for example, was to separate the compounds of the poison into harmless ingredients which were administered through her food, makeup, and pillow.<ref name = "Margaret's Death">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]: London, England</ref> Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]] was slowly poisoned through her food until she succumbed to the poison's effects.<ref name = "Isabella's Death PL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Contracts]]: Barcelona, Spain</ref><ref name = "Isabella's Death Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Database: Ending Isabella]]</ref> The [[Black Cross]] [[Albert Bolden]] used a [[Templar pin]] with two types of poison: one that killed instantly and another that took one hour for its effect to take hold.<ref name = "Bolden's Poison">''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Templars 3|Issue #03]]</ref> |
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| − | 1765 – 1769= |
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| − | *[[Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie]] – 1765<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Baptiste]] – 1766<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Ratel]] – 1768<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Reynaud]] – 1768<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[De Vandal]] – 1768<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]] – 1769<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | 1771 – 1784= |
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| − | *[[Salmon]] – 1771<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Marcantell]] – 1771<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Chapperon]] – 1771<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[De Chevallier]] – 1771<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Bouché]] – 1771<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Diego Vázquez]] – 1776<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[George Davidson]] – 1777<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Madeleine de L'Isle]] – 1777<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Edmund Judge]] – 1784<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| + | The Assassins and Templars made ample use of [[Dart|poison darts]] in their arsenal, regardless of the method of delivery: Aveline de Grandpré used both a [[blowpipe]]<ref name = "Aveline Blowpipe">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – [[The False Mackandal]]</ref> and a [[Parasol gun|modified parasol]],<ref name = "Aveline Parasol">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – [[Prélude to Rebellion]]</ref> the Colonial Templar Shay Cormac used an [[air rifle]],<ref name = "Shay Rifle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[By Invitation Only]]</ref> the French Assassin [[Arno Dorian]] used the Phantom Blade,<ref name = "Dorian Phantom">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Kingdom of Beggars]]</ref> and [[Jacob Frye|Jacob]] and [[Evie Frye]] used their [[Assassin Gauntlet]]s.<ref name = "Frye Gauntlet">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Cable News]]</ref> |
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| − | ===Ratonhnhaké:ton=== |
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| − | Before, during, and after the events of the American Revolutionary War, the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton eliminated various Templars in order to protect [[Kanien'kehá:ka|his tribe]] and further the pursuit of freedom for the citizens of the thirteen colonies of the [[United States]]. |
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| + | ==High-profile assassinations== |
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| − | Following a meeting with [[George Washington]], Ratonhnhaké:ton found himself in an alternate reality created by an [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]]. He assassinated several individuals while experiencing the alternate timeline. |
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| + | In the 14th century, the Italian Assassin [[Domenico Auditore]] built a [[sanctuary]] beneath his [[Villa Auditore|villa]] in [[Monteriggioni]] and included seven statues to honor the memory of the Assassins "who guarded the freedom of humanity when it was most threatened". The seven individuals chosen to receive statues were [[Qulan Gal]], Darius, [[Wei Yu]], Amunet, Iltani, and [[Leonius]]—all of whom were thought to have performed high profile assassinations—and Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Accompanying the statues were [[Assassin Seals|seals]] engraved with their famed weapons.<ref name="Sanctuary">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]: "Unlocking Monteriggioni's Secrets"</ref> Although neither Qulan Gal nor Amunet were directly responsible for the assassinations attributed to them, they still played important roles in their targets' deaths.<ref name= "Qulan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Reflections]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Reflections 2|Issue #02]]</ref><ref name= "Amunet"/> |
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| + | According to the descriptions that accompanied the statues: |
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| + | *Qulan Gal [[Assassination of Genghis Khan|assassinated]] [[Genghis Khan]] with a [[bow]] and [[arrow]].<ref name="Sanctuary" /> |
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| − | 1774 – 1779= |
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| + | *Darius assassinated Xerxes I with a Hidden Blade.<ref name="Sanctuary" /> |
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| − | *[[William Johnson]] – 1774<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> |
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+ | *Wei Yu assassinated [[Qin Shi Huang]] with a [[spear]].<ref name="Sanctuary" /> |
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+ | *Amunet assassinated Cleopatra with an [[Snake|asp]].<ref name="Sanctuary" /> |
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+ | *Iltani assassinated Alexander the Great with poison.<ref name="Sanctuary" /> |
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+ | *Leonius assassinated [[Caligula]] with a [[Short blade|dagger]].<ref name="Sanctuary" /> |
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| − | 1780 – 1782= |
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| − | *Haytham Kenway – 1781<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Charles Lee]] – 1782<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Benedict Arnold]]<ref name="Infamy">''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Israel Putnam]]<ref name="Betrayal">''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Betrayal]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[John Fitzwilliams]]<ref name="Redemption">''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption]]''</ref> |
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| − | *George Washington<ref name="Redemption"/> |
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| − | </tabber> |
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| + | Other notable assassinations were the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] engineered by the [[Roman Hidden Ones]],<ref name="Caesar">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another]]</ref> the assassination of [[An Lushan]] by [[Li E]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Finale: Assassination]]</ref> the assassination of [[Cesare Borgia]] by Ezio Auditore,<ref name="Cesare">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Pax Romana]]</ref> and the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] of [[United States]] President [[John F. Kennedy]] by [[Boris Pash]] and the members of his extremist [[Assassin cell]] [[Bloodstone Unit]].<ref name="Bloodstone 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]</ref> |
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| − | ===Desmond Miles=== |
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| − | Following his kidnapping by [[Abstergo Industries]] and training with the Assassins, Desmond was forced by [[Juno]] to assassinate [[Lucy Stillman]] in the [[Colosseum Vault]]. He later infiltrated the Abstergo Industries headquarters in Rome and assassinated two prominent members of their Order. |
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| − | *Lucy Stillman<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Daniel Cross]]<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Warren Vidic]]<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | ===Other Assassins=== |
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| − | *[[Xerxes I of Persia|King Xerxes I]], by [[Darius]] – 456 BCE<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Alexander the Great]], by [[Iltani]] – 323 BCE<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Qin Shi Huang]], by [[Wei Yu]] – 210 BCE<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Gaius Julius Caesar]], by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and others – 44 BCE<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Cleopatra]], by [[Amunet]] – 31 BCE<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Caligula]], by [[Leonius]] – 41<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Faustinus]], by [[Aquilus]] – 259<ref name="AC2A">''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]], by Aquilus – 259<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Masun]], by Rashid ad-Din Sinan – 1191<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *[[Jochi Khan]], by [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]] – 1227<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Genghis Khan]], by [[Qulan Gal]] and Darim Ibn-La'Ahad – 1227<ref name="AC2"/><ref name="Secret Crusade"/> |
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| − | *[[Ögedei Khan]] – 1241<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Alexander Nevsky]] - 1263<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Hülegü Khan]], by [[Nergüi]] – 1265<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Bachir Al-Djallil]], by [[Numa Al'Khamsin]] – 1340<ref name="Hawk">''[[Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Yongle]], by [[Li Tong]] – 1424<ref name="DYL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy|Assassin's Creed: Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Cem]] – 1495<ref name="Revelations novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Perotto Calderon]] – 1498<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Tomás de Torquemada]] – 1498<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Agostino Barbarigo]], by [[Tessa Varzi]] – 1501<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Cahin]] – 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Caha]] – 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Rocco Tiepolo]] – 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Baltasar de Silva]] – 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Margaret of York]], – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Isabella I of Castile]] – 1504<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Niccolò di Pitigliano]], by [[Francesco Vecellio]] – 1510<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Francisco]] – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Juan Ponce de León]] – 1521<ref name="DYL"/> |
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| − | *[[The Viper]], by [[Giovanni Borgia]] – 1527<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Francisco Pizarro]] – 1541<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Mary I of England]] – 1558<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Mōri Motonari]], by [[Hattori Hanzō]] – 1571<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Uesugi Kenshin]], by Hattori Hanzō – 1578<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Ivan Ivanovich of Russia]] – 1581<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Oda Nobunaga]], by [[Yamauchi Taka]] – 1582<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Mochizuki Chiyome]], by Hattori Hanzō – 1590s<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Shima Sakon]], by Yamauchi Taka – 1600<ref name="Memories"/> |
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| − | *[[Abel Bramah]], by [[Duncan Walpole]] - 1715<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Templar Admiral (1735)|Templar Admiral]], by [[Adéwalé]] – 1735<ref name="Freedom Cry">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' - ''[[Freedom Cry]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Pierre, Marquis de Fayet]], by Adéwalé – 1737<ref name="Freedom Cry"/> |
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| − | *[[Richard Montgomery]] – 1775<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Johann Rall]] – 1776<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Friedrich Baum]] – 1777<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Carl Emilius von Donop]] – 1777<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[George Dorrance]] – 1778<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[John Boyd]] – 1779<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Hugh Jackson]] – 1779<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Johann de Kalb]] – 1780<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Hector McNeill]] – 1781<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Jonathan Trumbull]] – 1785<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Jeannot Bullet]], by [[Eseosa]] – 1791<ref name="Letters">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' - [[Eseosa's Codex|Letters to the Dead]]</ref> |
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| − | 19th= |
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| − | *[[Charles Leclerc]], by Eseosa – 1802<ref name="Letters"/> |
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| − | *[[John Wilkes Booth]] – 1865<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Alexander II of Russia]] – 1881<ref name="ACTF1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]] #1</ref><ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Alexander III of Russia]], by [[Nikolai Orelov]] – 1894 (of wounds sustained)<ref name="ACTF1"/> |
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| − | 20th= |
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| − | *[[Dolinsky]] – 1908<ref name="ACTF2">''Assassin's Creed: The Fall #2</ref> |
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| − | *[[Erich Albert]] – 1914<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Grigori Rasputin]] – 1916<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Khioniya Guseva]], by Nikolai Orelov – 1917<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Adolf Hitler]] – 1945<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Joseph Stalin]] – 1953<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[François Duvalier]] – 1971<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Galina Voronina's mother]], by [[Galina Voronina]] – 2014<ref name="ACIS">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Surveillance</ref> |
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| − | </tabber> |
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| − | ==Elimination by Templars== |
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| − | Several assassinations similar to those carried out by Assassins were instigated by Templars at various points in history. The following is a chronological list of Templar assassinations by century and, if known, the Templar responsible. |
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| − | 3rd= |
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| − | *[[Lucius]], by Caïus Fulvus Vultur – 259<ref name="AC2A"/> |
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| − | 12th= |
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| − | *[[Isaac Comnenus]], by Armand Bouchart – c. 1191<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Osman]], by Armand Bouchart – 1191<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Barnabas]], by [[Armand Bouchart's agent]] – 1191<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Demetris]], by Armand Bouchart's agent – 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Alexander of Limassol]], by Armand Bouchart's agent – 1193<ref name="Bloodlines"/> |
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| − | *[[Dante Alighieri]] – 1321<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Marco Polo]] – 1324<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Al-Nasir Muhammad]], by [[Leila]] – 1341<ref name="ACEC">''[[Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr]]</ref> |
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| − | 15th= |
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| − | *[[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], by [[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani]], [[Gerolamo Olgiati]], [[Carlo Visconti]] – 1476<ref name="Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] – 1476<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Giuliano de' Medici]], by Francesco de' Pazzi and Bernardo Baroncelli – 1478<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Giovanni Mocenigo]], by Carlo Grimaldi – 1485<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *[[Juan Borgia the Younger]], by [[Fiora Cavazza]] – 1497<ref name="ACA"/> |
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| − | *[[Mario Auditore]], by Cesare Borgia – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Ramiro d'Orco]] – 1500<ref name="ACA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]</ref> |
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| − | *{{Wiki|Alfonso of Aragon}}, by [[Micheletto Corella]] – 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *{{Wiki|Da Varano|Giulio Cesare da Varano}}, by Micheletto Corella – 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *{{Wiki|Astorre III Manfredi}}, by Micheletto Corella – 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Oliverotto da Fermo]], by Micheletto Corella – 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="ACA"/> |
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| − | *[[Vitellozzo Vitelli]], by Micheletto Corella – 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="ACA"/> |
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| − | *[[Francesco Troche]], by Micheletto Corella – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *[[Rodrigo Borgia]], by Cesare Borgia – 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/> |
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| − | *Micheletto Corella, by Cesare Borgia – 1506<ref name="Brotherhood novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Theodorus Komnenos]], by Odai Dunqas – 1511<ref name="Revelations"/> |
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| − | *[[Tom Cobleigh]], by Wilson – 1713<ref name="ACBFN"/> |
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| − | *[[Samuel Bellamy]] – 1717<ref name="Pirates"/> |
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| − | *[[Barnes]], by [[Christopher Condent]] – 1717<ref name="Pirates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Howell Davis]] – 1719<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *Edward Kenway, by mercenaries in the employ of [[Reginald Birch]] – 1735<ref name="Forsaken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Juan Vedomir]], by Haytham Kenway – 1747<ref name="Forsaken"/> |
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| − | *[[Jack Digweed]], by Reginald Birch – 1747<ref name="Forsaken"/> |
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| − | *[[Miko]], by Haytham Kenway – 1754<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Louis Mills]], by Haytham Kenway – 1754<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Cutter]], by Haytham Kenway – 1754<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Slater]], by Haytham Kenway – 1754<ref name="Forsaken"/> |
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| − | *[[Silas Thatcher]], by Benjamin Church – 1754<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Edward Braddock]], by Haytham Kenway – 1755<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[John Harrison]], by Haytham Kenway – 1757<ref name="Forsaken"/> |
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| − | *[[Philippe de Grandpré]], by Madeleine de L'Isle – 1776<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Ranjit Singh]], by [[Francis Cotton]] and [[William Hay Macnaghten]] – 1839<ref name="Brahman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Harry Houdini]] – 1926<ref name="Glyphs">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Mahatma Gandhi]] – 1948<ref name="Glyphs"/> |
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| − | *[[Harry Dexter White]] – 1948<ref name="Brotherhood rifts">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Rifts]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Jack Parsons]] – 1952<ref name="Project Legacy"/> |
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| − | *[[Alan Turing]] – 1954<ref name="Brotherhood rifts"/> |
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| − | *[[John F. Kennedy]], by [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] – 1963<ref name="Glyphs"/> |
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| − | *[[The Mentor (2000)|The Mentor]], by Daniel Cross – 2000<ref name="ACTF3">''Assassin's Creed: The Fall #3''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Hannah Mueller]], by Daniel Cross – 2011<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| − | *[[Janice]], by Daniel Cross – 2012<ref name="ACDF">''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' - The Desmond Files</ref> |
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| − | *[[Siobhan Dhami]], by a special ops team led by [[Juhani Otso Berg]] – 2013<ref name="Brahman"/> |
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| − | *[[Dinesh]], by a special ops team led by Juhani Otso Berg – 2013<ref name="Brahman"/> |
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| − | *[[Jasdip Dhami]], by a special ops team led by Juhani Otso Berg – 2013<ref name="Brahman"/> |
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| − | ==Survivors== |
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| − | In carrying out their missions, some Assassins notably spared potential victims, or otherwise did not complete an assassination as directed. The following is a chronological list of targets known to have survived encounters with Assassin attackers: |
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| − | *[[Maria Thorpe]] – spared by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191<ref name="AC"/> |
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| − | *Tomás de Torquemada – escaped from Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1492<ref name="Discovery"/> |
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| − | *Rodrigo Borgia – spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1499<ref name="AC2"/> |
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| − | *Micheletto Corella – spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1503<ref name="Brotherhood">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Charles Vane]] – spared by Edward Kenway, 1719<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Woodes Rogers]] – survived attack by Edward Kenway, 1721<ref name="ACBF"/> |
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| − | *[[Antonio de Ulloa]] – spared by Aveline de Grandpré, 1768<ref name="AC3L"/> |
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| − | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] – spared by Ratonhnhaké:ton, in alternate reality<ref name="Betrayal"/> |
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Ezio Auditore da Firenze assassinating Carlo Grimaldi
An assassination is the targeted killing of an individual by a sudden or secret attack, often for political reasons.[1] Over the centuries, political organizations like the Templar Order and most prominently the Assassin Brotherhood have carried out innumerable assassinations of their enemies to advance their causes. In the context of the Assassins, the term assassination has also been applied to techniques for killing a target stealthily in a hostile situation, regardless if they were the primary target of an operation.[2][3]
Background
The term assassination comes from the word assassin, which in turn comes from the Arabic word "حشّاشين" (ħashshāshīyīn), or "Hash-Smokers". Historian Shaun Hastings argued that the Hidden Ones adopted the later name of Assassins as a mark of pride.[4] Both incarnations used contracts to outline targets, explain the reasoning for their targeting and even to specify manner of death at times.[5][6][7]
Though precise in their methods, both sides of the Assassin-Templar War did not complete assassinations at times due to choice or circumstance. For example, the Louisianan Assassin Aveline de Grandpré spared the life of Antonio de Ulloa,[8] and the Colonial Templar Shay Cormac would intercept Assassin contracts and prevent them from accomplishing their tasks.[9] The Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore prevented the Templars from killing high profile people such as astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus[10] and then-prince Suleiman I.[11]
Assassination techniques
Hidden Blade
Altaïr's codex on Hidden Blade assassinations
The first recorded use of the Hidden Blade was dated from the 5th century BCE, when Darius used it to assassinate King Xerxes I in Persia.[12] Centuries later, his Hidden Blade was passed on to Aya by Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, and she in turn gave it to her husband, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa, to aid in their quest to eliminate the Order of the Ancients in Egypt.[13] The Hidden Blade would go on to become the signature weapon of the Hidden Ones, the organization co-founded by Bayek and Aya, and of their later incarnation, the Asassin Brotherhood, with virtually all of their field agents possessing one Hidden Blade.[14]
The Levantine Assassins Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Malik Al-Sayf worked to improve the methods of assassination using the Blade, three of which Altaïr documented in his codex: "from on high, from ledges, and from hiding places". These would later be dubbed "air assassinations",[15] "ledge assassinations", and "hidden assassinations", respectively.[16] Altaïr himself described these methods as basic, though critical.[14] In the same codex page, he introduced another improvement: the addition of a second, identical Hidden Blade, to allow Assassins to dispatch two targets at once.[14] This method was called a "double assassination".[2] All of these techniques were taught to Assassin recruits,[17] and became recognizable to the Templars.[16]
Other variations
During the Isu Era, the Æsir Odin performed two unique assassination types in the dwarven realm of Svartálfaheimr: the "raven assassination" and the "teleport assassination", both of which were done with help of the Hugr-Rip, a gauntlet Odin wore that allowed him to steal the powers of giant ravens and the jötnar.[18]
In the 5th century BCE, the misthios Kassandra used the Spear of Leonidas as a way to perform early assassinations, known as "stealth kills," in a similar fashion to the Hidden Blade. The spear, being an Isu artifact, granted Kassandra a multitude of abilities, including "rush assassinations", in which Kassandra used her spear as a projectile and was teleported to her target.[19]
In the early 1510s, Ezio Auditore used a Hidden Blade variant known as the Hookblade in Constantinople and made use of ziplines to perform "zipline assassinations" on targets, where he would slide down the line using the blade's hook and launch himself at his target just before reaching the line's opposite end.[20]
During the French Revolution, the Parisian Brotherhood made use of the Phantom Blade to assassinate targets from afar via deadly bolts. The weapon could also be upgraded to shoot berserk bolts that caused targets to attack their allies and potentially eliminate each other.[21]
Poison
A slower method of assassination, but still widely used, was poisoning, which allowed elimination of targets without the use of force.[22] The Babylonian Assassin Iltani used poison against Alexander the Great in her quest to retrieve his personal Staff of Eden,[23] and the Egyptian Hidden One Amunet gave Cleopatra a vial of poison she used for her suicide.[24]
Altaïr's codex on poisons
At some point before 1191, the use of poison was forbidden among the Levantine Brotherhood, and it was not until Altaïr became a Mentor that the prohibition was lifted.[25] In his codex, Altaïr reserved a section for instruction on how to construct an alteration to the Hidden Blade that allowed the poisoning of targets, as well as instructions on how to distill the poison.[26]
Poison also allowed for many different approaches in an assassination. The method used in Margaret of York's death, for example, was to separate the compounds of the poison into harmless ingredients which were administered through her food, makeup, and pillow.[27] Queen Isabella I of Castile was slowly poisoned through her food until she succumbed to the poison's effects.[28][29] The Black Cross Albert Bolden used a Templar pin with two types of poison: one that killed instantly and another that took one hour for its effect to take hold.[30]
The Assassins and Templars made ample use of poison darts in their arsenal, regardless of the method of delivery: Aveline de Grandpré used both a blowpipe[31] and a modified parasol,[32] the Colonial Templar Shay Cormac used an air rifle,[33] the French Assassin Arno Dorian used the Phantom Blade,[21] and Jacob and Evie Frye used their Assassin Gauntlets.[34]
High-profile assassinations
In the 14th century, the Italian Assassin Domenico Auditore built a sanctuary beneath his villa in Monteriggioni and included seven statues to honor the memory of the Assassins "who guarded the freedom of humanity when it was most threatened". The seven individuals chosen to receive statues were Qulan Gal, Darius, Wei Yu, Amunet, Iltani, and Leonius—all of whom were thought to have performed high profile assassinations—and Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Accompanying the statues were seals engraved with their famed weapons.[35] Although neither Qulan Gal nor Amunet were directly responsible for the assassinations attributed to them, they still played important roles in their targets' deaths.[36][24]
According to the descriptions that accompanied the statues:
- Qulan Gal assassinated Genghis Khan with a bow and arrow.[35]
- Darius assassinated Xerxes I with a Hidden Blade.[35]
- Wei Yu assassinated Qin Shi Huang with a spear.[35]
- Amunet assassinated Cleopatra with an asp.[35]
- Iltani assassinated Alexander the Great with poison.[35]
- Leonius assassinated Caligula with a dagger.[35]
Other notable assassinations were the assassination of Julius Caesar engineered by the Roman Hidden Ones,[37] the assassination of An Lushan by Li E,[38] the assassination of Cesare Borgia by Ezio Auditore,[39] and the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy by Boris Pash and the members of his extremist Assassin cell Bloodstone Unit.[40]
References
- ↑ Merriam-Webster dictionary. Assassination.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Layla Hassan's personal files: "The Hidden Ones"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Brief History of the Hidden Ones
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Layla Hassan's personal files – Files: "Session Report: SHastings"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Overrun and Outnumbered
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III: Liberation – A Governor No More
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Assassin Interceptions
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Copernicus Conspiracy – False Censorship
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Prince's Banquet
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted – Shadow of a Legend
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Aya
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Assassin's Creed II – Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex: Page 13
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity companion app – Les Invalides: You'll Pay For This
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Mister Walpole, I Presume?
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Lessons and Revelations
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Gift to the God
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Assassin's Creed: Unity – The Kingdom of Beggars
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: Iltani's Story 2
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: Iltani's Story 5
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic) – Issue #04
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex: Page 6
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex: Page 21
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Contracts: London, England
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Contracts: Barcelona, Spain
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: Ending Isabella
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Templars – Issue #03
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III: Liberation – The False Mackandal
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III: Liberation – Prélude to Rebellion
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – By Invitation Only
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Cable News
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 Assassin's Creed II – Floating conversations: "Unlocking Monteriggioni's Secrets"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Reflections – Issue #02
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Finale: Assassination
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Pax Romana
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone – Book 1