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[[folder:Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]

!!Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and leader of the Saracen forces during the Third Crusade.

* TheGhost: He never makes an appearance, only mentioned several times through the first game.

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* '''[[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars The Templars]]: Dr. Warren Vidic, Alan Rikkin.

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* BadassGrandpa: By the time he comes back to Masyaf, he's 82. While he can't run or climb anymore, he's still ready to walk straight into the fortress that's occupied by Assassins who are hostile to him (with support from the Assassins who are loyal to him) to confront Abbas. And use his hidden blade on a few unsuspecting ones.

* RightfulKingReturns: Rather the "Assassin Leader" variant. By the time he's 82, he comes back at Masyaf to put an end to the ruthless, corrupt and inept rule of Abbas and reclaim leadership of the Brotherhood.

* ShutUpHannibal: His response to those targets who try to justify their evil or if they pull the NotSoDifferent card on him is a hidden blade to the throat or some witty reply.

** When he hears the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans motive]] of his targets from their mouths, he begins to question if they're as evil as Al Mualim claims they are. The only one with whom Altaïr didn't sympathize was [[TheCaligula Majd Addin]]... who instead reminded Altaïr too much of who Altaïr used to be.

* PsychopathicManchild: The fourth Memory Shard shows that Abbas clearly doesn't suit to be Mentor of the Assassins. Under his rule, the Order becomes a shadow of their former self and the countryside is constantly hounded by bandits. Due to his power hungry nature, Abbas simply wanted the title of Mentor but not the responsibilities that follows it. In addition, he hated Altaïr for the rest of his life over the debate of his father committed suicide for treason.

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* ArchNemesisDad: Invoked, as he openly considers his son an imbecile unfit for command.

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** '''Codex Page 14:''' ''On these days, I do not think dialogue will make a difference. In these days, I can think only of how the perpetrators need to die.''

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:He has Altaïr kill off all his fellow Templars so that he alone can use the Apple of Eden to create a NewWorldOrder.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Richard clearly despise each other, and Richard suspects he is plotting something, but they still work together publicly for the good of the crusade. William intends to make sure that there is no place for Richard in the Templars NewWorldOrder.

%%* WickedCultured

%%* ArcherArchetype:
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted. He runs while his men fights.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He became a Master Assassin by being the best in Masyaf. By the end of the first game, he [[spoiler:becomes the Mentor of the Levantine Assassin Brotherhood]].

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: Altaïr's final assassination target in the first game.]]

* AFatherToHisMen: To his fellow Assassins. According to Altaïr, he even had personally raised some of them. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end]].
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:For the first game.]]

* {{Envy}}: He admits this is partly the reason he hated Altaïr.

* TheLancer: After Altaïr becomes the new Mentor, Malik becomes his closest advisor and friend.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:His fate in ''The Secret Crusade''is beheading on Abbas' orders]].

* UndyingLoyalty: To Altair. Which is precisely the reason he was a thorn in Abbas' side for so long.

* WhatTheHellHero: He gives a rightly-deserved one to Altaïr in the first ten minutes of the game. Altaïr doesn't listen and it costs them both dearly.

* MilkingTheGiantCow: Subtler than most examples, but after he [[spoiler:overthrows Altair and takes over the Order]], he can't seem to speak without weaving his fingers through eachother, and always when accusing or making lies about Altair. Doubles as RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:Abbas is a spider, weaving webs of lies and twisting the truth to try manipulating others and destroy Altair. It also symbolizes how he keeps denying the truth about his father, brushing and waving away the truth.]]

* TheLancer: To his father in the later years of his life.

* TheDragon: Abbas' right hand man.

* PassingTheTorch: Altaïr tells him and Maffeo his story and inducts them into the Assassin Order to carry his legacy on. Lampshaded by Niccolò:

* RealMenLoveJesus: He places great stock in the will of God, [[spoiler:which he decides to let decide if Altaïr or Robert is telling the truth]].

* JustYouAndMeAndMyGuards: Instead of fighting you directly in the TrialByCombat set up by King Richard in the end, he first sicks a TON of his men against you.

* LargeAndInCharge: Robert is almost a head taller than anyone else in the game. This is most apparent when you go toe-to-toe with him near the end of the game.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Everything he does is out of his utopian beliefs.
* VillainBall: [[spoiler:Really, he could have exposed Al Mualim's treachery to Altair a whole lot earlier.]]

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real Garnier de Naplouse was a brave knight and a great leader who had helped King Richard several times through the Crusade. The fictional Garnier is a MadScientist who performs sick experiments on the poor and the sick.
* KickTheDog: Orders two Hospitaliers to break the legs of a escaping "patient" to make sure he can't run away a second time.

* ToughLove: In his view, breaking the legs of a patient so he can't escape is no different than smacking a child's hand when they try to stick into an open flame.