History Characters / AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'', ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey Odyssey]]''

* {{Adorkable}}: Quite a few times. It's what Monima likes about him. Though he himself feels angst about it sometime.

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Another group that has vied for control of the Pieces of Eden throughout history, sometimes coming into conflict with both the Templars and Assassin Order while also being manipulated by them. Founded by the Pythagoras and his followers, the Hermetic Order is obsessed with transforming mankind. During the Renaissance, the Hermeticists were led by Ercole Massimo and fought the Assassin Order over an Apple of Eden and the location of the Temple of Pythagoras. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Hermeticists were reborn as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a occultist group that came into possession of two volumes of [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow The]] [[TomeOfEldritchLore Book]].

* UnwittingPawn: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was funded by the Templars in an effort to uncover... something about Woodman.

* SanitySlippage: While she hasn't broken yet, she does begin to suffer from the Bleeding Effect as a result of using the Animus, at one point referring to Deanna as Aya.

!!!Appears in:'' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' (mentioned), ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' (mentioned)

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Eve's Isu father had to give her up, because the other Isu were outraged at his producing a child with a human.]]

* EvilCounterpart: To the research analyst. While at the end of ''Black Flag'' is it implied that the research analyst joins the Assassins, at the of ''Rogue'' [[spoiler:Numbskull is offered a position in the Templar's inner circle, at gunpoint.]]
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Like the research analyst, no personal information is given about him or her. Unlike the research analyst, there aren't even hints about his/her gender.

* UncertainDoom: Like with the research analyst, what happened to Numbskull after completing Shay Cormac's memories is unknown [[spoiler:especially since he is forced to join the Templar Order or executed for knowing too much]].

* GrayEyes: Very cold gray eyes. As noted in life, "He was neither beast nor man. He is a statue."

[[folder:Takeda Shingen]]
!!UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen
!!!Appears in: ''Assassin's Creed: Memories''

A daimyo of the Takeda clan and the wielder of a Sword of Eden, which he used in an attempt to gain control of Japan. He was assassinated by the Japanese Assassin Hattori Hanzo and Honda Tadakatsu in 1573.

* CoolSword: Wielded a Sword of Eden.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Takeda's semi-friendly rivalry with Kenshin was the stuff of legends.
* TheRival: To Templar UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin, who Hanzo also ended up killing.

[[folder:Oda Nobunaga]]
!!UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga

The initiator of the unification of Japan during the late 16th Century, he was allied with the Assassins until he managed to get his hands on Takeda Shingen's Sword of Eden, leading to his assassination by the Assassin Yamauchi Taka in 1582 during the raid on Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto.

* CoolSword: Wielded a Sword of Eden that was originally Takeda Shingen's.
* EnemyMine: Was backed by the Assassins until he got his hands on the Sword of Eden.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The historical Nobunaga was a man so vicious to his foes that he was often referred to as "the Demon King."

[[folder:Captain William Kidd]]
!!Captain William Kidd
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A Scottish Privateer, Captain William Kidd initially served the Crown by attacking ships in the Indian Ocean. He was later declared a pirate and a wanted man. He was eventually captured and hanged in London. Rumours of a treasure and its whereabouts continued for a hundred years until Connor Kenway recovered it in Oak Island during the American Revolution.

* FirstOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Eve is the first human-Isu hybrid of all.]]

The original founder of the Order, Pythagoras was an ancient Greek mathematician in the 6th century BCE. He and his bodyguard Kyros of Zarax traveled around the world, until they encountered Hermes and Pythagoras was granted a Staff of Eden. For tropes regarding his appearance in ''Odyssey'', see [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOdyssey here]].

* TheRedBaron: [[spoiler:Alethia addresses her as the Host of Memories.]]

* {{Immortality}}: [[spoiler:Since the ''misthios'' passes the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus on to her at the end of ''Odyssey'', it can be assumed that she now has the same immortality that they had because of it.]]

* TakeUpMySword: At the end of ''Odyssey,'' [[spoiler:she's given the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus by the Misthios]].
* ThisCannotBe: At the end of ''Odyssey,'' she has this reaction [[spoiler:to the Misthios being alive and well in the present day after spending so much time as them in the Animus]].

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Near the end of ''Origins'' she is captured, and [[BackforTheDead implied to be murdered]], by Abstergo agents who wish to silence both her and Layla for their research into the origins of the Assassins and Templars.]]

This character page is for other characters groups in the Assassins Creed franchise that don't fit into the time periods of the games. [[Characters/AssassinsCreed Here's the main index]].

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The original founder of the Order, Pythagoras was an ancient Greek mathematician in the 6th century BCE. He and his bodyguard Kyros of Zarax traveled around the world, until they encountered Hermes and Pythagoras was granted a Staff of Eden.
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* GoodWithNumbers: A ''huge'' understatement.
* StaffOfAuthority: Hermes' caduceus, a Staff of Eden.

[[folder:Ercole Massimo]]
!!Ercole Massimo
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Arthur Holden

->''"Why seek knowledge without putting it to use? We have the chance to fashion a better world, one in which we have the freedom to shape our own destiny."''

A powerful Roman nobleman and leader of the Cult of Hermes. He is searching for the Temple of Pythagoras.

* AristocratsAreEvil: He's an evil nobleman in direct conflict with Ezio.
* BigBad: Of the ''Da Vinci Disappearance''.
* BlueBlood: The Massimo were one of the richest and most powerful families in Rome, which enabled Ercole to fund his operations.
* NiceHat: A tall, conical one, his hat is similar to depictions of Hermes Trismegistus.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He doesn't like some of the things he does, but views them as necessary.
* VisionaryVillain: He wants to remake humanity and spread knowledge with the contents of the Temple of Pythagoras.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Offers Ezio the opportunity to work with him to make the world a better place, but Ezio refuses due to his methods.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to spread knowledge and better humanity, but does so through extreme methods involving murder and kidnapping. Leonardo repeatedly calls him out on this while being beaten up.
* WickedCultured: Ercole is a patron of the arts: among his projects was helping form the Roman library and convincing Pope Julius II to bring several artists to Rome.
* WorthyOpponent: He openly admires Leonardo and Ezio, complimenting the latter on ending Caesar Borgia's plans of conquest, and wants to work with them instead of fighting them.
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[[folder:William Robert Woodman]]
!!William Robert Woodman
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One of the three refounders of the Hermeticists, which was named the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He was killed by his fellow founders, but lived on in a mysterious state after his death.
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[[folder:William Robert Woodman]]
!!William Robert Woodman
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One of the three refounders of the Hermeticists, which was named the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He was killed by his fellow founders, but lived on in a mysterious state after his death.

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:The Instruments inducted him by murdering his mother. Not surprisingly, he turns out to hold a grudge over this, rejects Aita's influence, and helps kill Juno.]]

* CanonWelding: [[spoiler: The mission that Aiden Pearce undertakes to kill him in ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' confirms that both series take place in the same universe.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: She only describes Deanna as her best friend, but [[spoiler:while mourning her, she calls her "sweetheart" in a way that could be romantic or platonic.]]
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: She acquires Aya's Hidden Blade and [[spoiler:uses it to deadly effect against Abstergo agents sent to silence her.]]

* TakeUpMySword: At the end of ''Odyssey,'' [[spoiler:she's given the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus by the Misthios.]]
* ThisCannotBe: At the end of ''Odyssey,'' she has this reaction [[spoiler:to the Misthios being alive and well in the present day after spending so much time as them in the Animus.]]

* CanonWelding: [[spoiler: The mission that Aiden Pearce undertakes to kill him in ''VidoeGame/WatchDogs'' confirms that both series take place in the same universe.]]