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"Find them, kill them. In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace."
―Al Mualim conversing about assassination targets with Altaïr, 1191.[src]
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Ezio Auditore da Firenze assassinating a target

Assassination targets were individuals that the Assassin Order – and in select instances, the Templar Order – deemed worthy of elimination. Over the centuries, the Assassins killed many individuals they believed to be corrupt and a danger to humanity, particularly Templars and their associates.

Below is a chronological list of notable victims, by faction and assassin responsible.

Elimination by Assassins

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

Around the time of the Third Crusade, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad assassinated various individuals during his quest to find the Chalice in 1190. He later eliminated nine tyrannical public figures in an effort to restore his lost rank and regain honor within the Assassin Order.

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.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

During the Renaissance, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze eliminated various individuals in order to avenge the death of his family members, free the Spanish Assassins, and liberate the Italian city-states – Florence, San Gimignano, Forlì, Venice and Rome – as well as the Ottoman city of Constantinople and Byzantine underground outpost of Derinkuyu from corruption.

  • Gaspar Martínez – 1491[8]
  • Pedro Llorente – 1491[8]
  • Juan de Marillo – 1492[8]
  • The Painter – 1497[9]
  • The Guard Captain – 1497[9]
  • The Nobleman – 1497[9]
  • The Priest – 1497[9]
  • The Merchant – 1497[9]
  • The Doctor – 1497[9]
  • The Farmer – 1497[9]
  • The Condottiero – 1497[9]
  • The Preacher – 1497[9]
  • Girolamo Savonarola – 1498[9]

  • Leandros – 1511[1]
  • Halim – 1511[1]
  • Vali cel Tradat, via an Apprentice – 1511[1]
  • Cyril of Rhodes – 1511[1]
  • Mirela Djuric – 1511[1]
  • Georgios Kostas, via an Apprentice – 1511[1]
  • Odai Dunqas, via an Apprentice – 1511[1]
  • Damat Ali Pasha, via an Apprentice – 1511[1]
  • Lysistrata – 1511[1]
  • Tarik Barleti – 1511[1]
  • Shahkulu – 1512[1]
  • Manuel Palaiologos – 1512[1]

  • Shao Jun

    After the Great Rites Controversy which resulted in the decimation of the Chinese Assassins at the hands of the Eight Tigers, Shao Jun assassinated the Templars responsible in a campaign to free China and restore the Chinese brotherhood.

    Edward Kenway

    Edward Kenway assassinated several individuals during the Golden Age of Piracy in his quest for riches and glory as a pirate, and later in service of the Assassin Order.

    Adéwalé

    During the early 18th century, Adéwalé served as quartermaster on Edward Kenway's ship before eventually joining the Assassin Brotherhood and assuming the captaincy of his own vessel.

    In 1735, he briefly set aside his duties as an Assassin in order to aid the Maroon rebellion in Saint Domingue.

    Aveline de Grandpré

    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.

    Ratonhnhaké:ton

    Before, during, and after the events of the American Revolutionary War, the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, son of the Templar Haytham Kenway and grandson of pirate turned Assassin Edward Kenway, eliminated various Templars in order to protect his tribe and further the pursuit of freedom for the citizens of the thirteen colonies of the United States.

    Following a meeting with George Washington, Ratonhnhaké:ton found himself in an alternate reality created by an Apple of Eden. There, he assassinated several individuals while experiencing the alternate timeline.

    Arno Dorian

    Following the death of his adoptive father, the Templar Grand Master François de la Serre, Arno Dorian joined the Assassin Brotherhood and embarked on a quest to find the perpetrators of the murder and their motivations.

    While pursuing his own agenda, Arno also undertook several missions in order to thwart the efforts of the Templars, who tried to take control of the French Revolution.

    Arbaaz Mir

    In 1841, two years after the events that led to the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and while India was in the midst of a war between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company, Arbaaz Mir began a race with the Templars to recover the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond.

    Jacob & Evie Frye

    The twins Jacob and Evie Frye were active in London and its surrounding areas in 1868 as the Industrial Revolution reached its climax. Here they fought against the inequality and poverty engineered by the Templars, taking over organized crime in the city in an effort to destabilize the Templars' hold over it and stop them from acquiring a powerful Piece of Eden.

    Lydia Frye

    During World War I, Lydia Frye allied herself with Winston Churchill to take down a German-Templar spy network led by a Sage.

    Nikolai Orelov

    During the Russian Revolution, Nikolai Orelov served his Order faithfully, rising to the rank of Master Assassin before growing disillusioned and leaving the order.

    Desmond Miles

    Following his kidnapping by Abstergo Industries and training with the Assassins, Desmond Miles was forced by Juno to assassinate Lucy Stillman in the Colosseum Vault for her secret defection and betrayal. He later infiltrated the Abstergo Industries headquarters in Rome and assassinated two prominent members of their Order.

    Other Assassins

    Below is a chronological list of other notable assassinations, by century and, if known, Assassin responsible:

  • Caligula, by Leonius – 41[6]

  • Titus, by Aquilus – 259[28]
  • Caius, by Aquilus – 259[28]
  • Faustinus, by Aquilus – 259[28]
  • Caïus Fulvus Vultur, by Aquilus – 259[29]

  • Masun, by Rashid ad-Din Sinan – 1191[3]

  • Jochi Khan, by Qulan Gal and Darim Ibn-La'Ahad – 1227[11]
  • Genghis Khan, by Qulan Gal and Darim Ibn-La'Ahad – 1227[6][5]
  • Chagatai Khan, by Qulan Gal – 1241[11]
  • Ögedei Khan, by Nergüi – 1241[11]
  • Alexander Nevsky, by Nergüi – 1263[11]
  • Hülegü Khan, by Nergüi – 1265[11]

  • Yongle, by Li Tong – 1424[31]
  • Vlad Tepes – 1476[1]
  • Cem – 1495[32]
  • Perotto Calderon – 1498[27]
  • Tomás de Torquemada – 1498[6]

  • Abel Bramah, by Duncan Walpole – 1715[15]
  • Nāder Shāh, by Salah Bey – 1747[33]
  • Lawrence Washington, by Shay Cormac – 1752[33]
  • Samuel Smith, by Shay Cormac – 1754[33]
  • James Wardrop, by Shay Cormac – 1754[33]
  • George Monro, by Liam O'Brien – 1757[33]
  • Richard Montgomery – 1775[18]
  • Johann Rall – 1776[18]
  • Friedrich Baum – 1777[18]
  • Carl Emilius von Donop – 1777[18]
  • George Dorrance – 1778[18]
  • John Boyd – 1779[18]
  • Hugh Jackson – 1779[18]
  • Johann de Kalb – 1780[18]
  • Hector McNeill – 1781[18]
  • Jonathan Trumbull – 1785[18]
  • Arpinon, by Pierre Bellec – 1791[22]
  • Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, by Pierre Bellec – 1791[22]
  • Jeannot Bullet, by Eseosa – 1791[34]
  • Couillaud – c. 1791[35]
  • Payen – c. 1791[35]
  • Pierre Thibault – c. 1791[35]

  • Charles Leclerc, by Eseosa – 1802[34]
  • Robert Waugh, by Ethan Frye – 1862[24]
  • Hardy, by Ethan Frye – 1862[24]
  • Smith, by Ethan Frye – 1862[24]
  • Other Hardy, by Jayadeep Mir – 1862[24]
  • John Wilkes Booth – 1865[6]
  • Alexander II of Russia – 1881[36][6]

  • Elimination by Templars

    Haytham Kenway

    Son of the Assassin Edward Kenway, Haytham was converted to the Templar cause at a young age by Reginald Birch. A member of the British Rite, he later became the Grand Master of the Colonial Rite.

    Shay Cormac

    Formerly a member of the Colonial Assassins, Shay Cormac later became a famous Assassin hunter after he joined the Templar Order, pursuing his former Assassin brothers and sisters.

    Daniel Cross

    Brainwashed from an early age by the Templar-led Abstergo Industries, Daniel Cross served as a sleeper agent inside the Assassin Order and betrayed them leading to the decimation of the Assassins.

    Other Templars

    Below is a chronological list of other notable assassinations, by century and, if known, Templar responsible:

  • Isaac Comnenus, by Armand Bouchart – c. 1191[4]
  • Osman, by Armand Bouchart – 1191[4]
  • Barnabas, by Armand Bouchart's agent – 1191[4]
  • Demetris, by Armand Bouchart's agent – 1192[4]
  • Alexander of Limassol, by Armand Bouchart's agent – 1193[4]

  • Dante Alighieri – 1321[6]
  • Marco Polo – 1324[6]
  • Al-Nasir Muhammad, by Leila – 1341[42]
  • Numa Al'Khamsin, by Leila - 1341[43]

  • Giulio Cesare da Varano, by Micheletto Corella – 1502[10]
  • Astorre III Manfredi, by Micheletto Corella – 1502[10]
  • Oliverotto da Fermo, by Micheletto Corella – 1502[10][45]
  • Vitellozzo Vitelli, by Micheletto Corella – 1502[10][45]
  • Francesco Troche, by Micheletto Corella – 1503[10]
  • Rodrigo Borgia, by Cesare Borgia – 1503[10]
  • Micheletto Corella, by Cesare Borgia – 1506[46]
  • Theodorus Komnenos, by Odai Dunqas – 1511[1]
  • Yusuf Tazim – 1512[1]
  • Zhu Jiuyuan – 1524[13]
  • Wang Yangming, by Zhang Yong – 1529[13]

  • Tom Cobleigh, by Wilson – 1713[14]
  • Samuel Bellamy – 1717[47]
  • Barnes, by Christopher Condent – 1717[47]
  • Howell Davis – 1719[15]
  • Edward Kenway, by mercenaries in the employ of Reginald Birch – 1735[39]
  • Jack Digweed, by Reginald Birch – 1747[39]
  • Vendredi, by Lawrence Washington – 1751[33]
  • Silas Thatcher, by Benjamin Church – 1754[18]
  • François Mackandal – 1758[17]
  • Philippe de Grandpré, by Madeleine de L'Isle – 1776[17]
  • Lucio Albertine – 1788[48]
  • Monica Albertine – 1788[48]
  • May Carroll, by Élise de la Serre – 1788[48]
  • François de la Serre, by Charles Gabriel Sivert and Le Roi des Thunes – 1789[22]
  • Hook, by Élise de la Serre – 1789[48]
  • Harvey, by Élise de la Serre – 1789[48]
  • Le Fanu – 1790[48]
  • Élise de la Serre, by François-Thomas Germain – 1794[22]
  • Bernard Ruddock, by Frederick Weatherall – 1794[48]

  • Ranjit Singh, by Francis Cotton and William Hay Macnaghten – 1839[49]
  • Walter Lavelle, by Cavanagh – 1850s[24]
  • Charles Pearson, by Cavanagh – 1862[24]
  • Cavanagh, by Marchant – 1862[24]
  • Abraham Lincoln, by John Wilkes Booth – 1865[6]

  • Subject 15 – 2010[52]
  • Siobhan Dhami, by a special ops team led by Juhani Otso Berg – 2013[49]
  • Dinesh, by a special ops team led by Juhani Otso Berg – 2013[49]
  • Robert Fraser – 2014[53]
  • Victoria Bibeau – 2014[53]

  • Survivors

    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 or Templar attackers:

    • Maria Thorpe – spared by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191[3]
    • Ezio Auditore da Firenze – failed by Templars, during the 15th and the 16th centuries[6][10][1]
    • Tomás de Torquemada – escaped from Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1492[8]
    • Rodrigo Borgia – spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1499[6]
    • Micheletto Corella – spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1503[10]
    • Vali cel Tradat - escaped an attack from Ezio Auditore da Firenze and one of his recruits, 1511[1]
    • Cyril of Rhodes - escaped an attack from Ezio Auditore da Firenze and one of his recruits, 1511[1]
    • Lysistrata - escaped an attack from Ezio Auditore da Firenze and one of his recruits, 1511[1]
    • Mirela Djuric - escaped an attack from Ezio Auditore da Firenze, one of his recruits, and a trio of Romani, 1511[1]
    • Georgios Kostas - escaped an attack from Ezio Auditore da Firenze and one of his recruits, 1511[1]
    • An unspecified Ottoman Assassin - survived an ambush by Georgios Kostas, 1511[1]
    • Charles Vane – spared by Edward Kenway, 1719[15]
    • Woodes Rogers – survived attack by Edward Kenway, 1721[15]
    • Matthew Hague – spared by Edward Kenway, 1723[14]
    • Shay Cormac – failed by Assassins, between 1756 and 1760[33]
    • Achilles Davenport – spared by Haytham Kenway, 1760[33]
    • Antonio de Ulloa – spared by Aveline de Grandpré, 1768[17]
    • Agaté – spared by Aveline de Grandpré, 1777[17]
    • Benedict Arnold – failed by Ratonhnhaké:ton and Assassin apprentices, in 1780 and 1781[18]
    • Benjamin Franklin – spared by Ratonhnhaké:ton, in an alternate reality.[20]
    • Roi des Thunes – escaped three assassination attempts, 1791[22]
    • Jacques Roux – escaped an assassination attempt by three Assassins, 1794[22]
    • Alexander III of Russia - survived an assassination attempt by the Assassin Nikolai Orelov in 1894.[36]

    Interceptions

    On occasion, the Assassins and Templars saved individuals from being killed. The following is a list of targets, the individuals who wanted their death and the person that saved them:

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