| 1 | '''[[center: [- [[Characters/AssassinsCreed Main Character Index]] -]]]''' |
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| 3 | Page for the 12th century Assassins of the first ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' game. Also serves for 12th/13th century Assassins who appeared for the first time in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines''. |
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| 5 | '''May contain unmarked and/or {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s.''' |
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| 9 | [[folder:Altaïr]] |
| 10 | !!Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad |
| 11 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/altair_ac_render_2877.png]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"[[TheNeedsOfTheMany A small sacrifice to save many.]] [[NecessarilyEvil It is necessary.]]"'']] |
| 13 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/altair_old_ac_render_6306.png]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I learned many things from the Apple. Of life and death, of the past and the future."'']] |
| 15 | !!!'''Main Game Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 16 | !!!'''Other Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedAltairsChronicles'' | ''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines'' | ''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' |
| 17 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Philip Shahbaz (''AC''), Creator/CasAnvar (''Revelations'') (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Creator/BrunoChoel (French, first game), Vsevolod Kuznetsov (Russian), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Japanese)[[/note]] |
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| 19 | ->''"When I was very young, I was foolish enough to believe that our Creed would bring an end to all these conflicts. If only I had possessed the humility to say to myself, I have seen enough for one life, I've done my part. Then again, there is no greater glory than fighting to find the truth."'' |
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| 21 | The player character of the [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI first game]]. After a horrible mistake that cost the Assassin Order many lives, he has to redeem himself by assassinating nine key figures of the Holy Lands at the time of the Third Crusade. Eventually became the Mentor and leader of the Assassins Order in his time, revolutionizing the way the Order operated. |
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| 23 | He is an ancestor of William and Desmond Miles, as well as Clay Kaczmarek (Subject 16). |
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| 25 | * AmazonChaser: He meets his future wife in a trap she sprung to personally kill him. They fight again at the start of ''Bloodlines'' and she is a DefiantCaptive the whole time as well as escaping him more than once. By the end they are fighting together. Yes, Maria made quite the impression on him, considering he married her after all that. |
| 26 | * AnimalMotifs: Has the strongest Eagle Motif of all the playable Assassins. |
| 27 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: At first, he is the most arrogant Assassin in the Order because he is the best Assassin in the Order. [[CharacterDevelopment Eventually he learns that there is more to being an Assassin than just taking lives.]] |
| 28 | * ArcWords: Al Mualim's [[spoiler:last words]] come to define Altaïr's entire life and quest: |
| 29 | -->'''Al Mualim:''' I [[AsTheGoodBookSays applied my heart to know wisdom]], and to know madness and folly. I perceive that this also was a chasing at the wind. For in much wisdom, is much grief. And he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. |
| 30 | * ArmorIsUseless: Only barely more protected than the monks he imitates, and yet he can take as many hits as Ezio wearing the strongest armor in the game. |
| 31 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: 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]]. |
| 32 | * TheAtoner: His primary role through the first game. After he screwed up big time, he has to seek redemption by assassinating nine head figures of the Holy Lands. |
| 33 | * AuraVision: The Eagle Vision can see hostiles, allies, information carriers and Assassination targets. |
| 34 | * BadHabits: His cover story when he is on assignment is that he is a traveling monk who carries weapons for self-defense. This is why he is exposed by doing un-monkly things like LeParkour and overt fighting in the streets. |
| 35 | * BerserkButton: Within codex pages found throughout ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', Altaïr writes that he hopes to bring tolerance and equality to the world through education and compassion. But witnessing the oppression and abuse of humans at the mercy of their social superiors, his "heart grows cold" and his "fists clench". |
| 36 | ** '''Codex Page 14:''' ''On these days, I do not think dialogue will make a difference. On these days, I can think only of how the perpetrators need to die.'' |
| 37 | * BigGood: [[spoiler:At the end of the first game, he becomes the Mentor of the Levantine Assassin Brotherhood and keeps this position well into his old age. Thanks to his deeds and reformation of the ways the Assassins operated, he's recognized as one of ''the'' model assassins of the Brotherhood that later members seek to emulate even all the way through the modern period.]] |
| 38 | * BreakTheCutie: Basically what his life did to him when he was an 11 year old kid. He watched his dad being executed by beheading, his best friend's father committed suicide in his room and said best friend eventually antagonized him because he told him the truth of what happened to his father. Yeah, he's had it rough. |
| 39 | * BreakTheHaughty: He's gotten real full of himself after becoming a Master class Assassin so Al Mualim demotes him for his mistake at the beginning of the first game. |
| 40 | * BullyHunter: After his demotion, Altaïr gradually re-learns the sacred duty of his order to protect the innocent, and grows to despise abusers of power, slaying multiple corrupt Christians '''and''' Muslims who would dare to use their authority to oppress, murder and exploit the weak. Though Altaïr would continue to refine the goals of the Brotherhood into one of avenging wrongs wrought upon innocents, it would be Ezio Auditore who would further refine and modernize The Creed to be motivated by compassionate kindness rather than vengeful wrath. |
| 41 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:Al Mualim refrains from killing him in order to use him to kill his Templar brothers around the Holy Land. Robert de Sable even outright states that with his death, Al Mualim will be disposing of Altaïr soon enough]]. |
| 42 | * CharacterDevelopment: Altaïr eventually comes to understand the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed, though it takes a great deal of punishment to get him there. |
| 43 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Canonically speaking, Altaïr rescued every citizen he came across in Damascus, Acre, Jerusalem and other cities that he happened to be in on assignment. Even when he was 82 years old he still came to the defense of a random merchant. |
| 44 | * CombatPragmatist: |
| 45 | ** Remember, "everything is permitted" includes everything in combat. |
| 46 | ** Contrary to part of their Creed, everything ''wasn't'' permitted (for example, poison). Several Codex pages in ''AC II'' show that Altaïr fixed that. |
| 47 | * ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Altaïr tries one of these at the start and ends up looking the fool for being brazen and unsubtle. It's what prompts the BagOfSpilling (Al Mualim, frustrated that Altaïr acted so irrationally, strips him of his rank and weapons and forces him to prove himself worthy to earn them back). You can also do this to assassination targets if you want, foregoing the whole stealth thing and just running them down in plain view of everyone. Later in life he laments this style of assassination and says the Order needs to practice subtlety and discretion in how their jobs are carried out. |
| 48 | * CradlingYourKill: He's quite fond of holding his Assassination targets during their last speech. |
| 49 | * CrusadingWidower: [[spoiler: Altaïr spent twenty years working to avenge his wife's death and restore the Brotherhood they made strong together.]] |
| 50 | * DatingCatwoman: His attraction to Maria is certainly this given that she is a Templar. Especially in ''Bloodlines'' when he shows patience and tolerance to her that is quite unexpected of an ImplacableMan. |
| 51 | * DesecratingTheDead: A justified example when [[spoiler: Altaïr burns Al Mualim's body on a pyre. Some of the Assassins of Masyaf aren't pleased, but Altaïr wanted to ensure that the body wasn't one of the phantoms conjured by the Apple.]] |
| 52 | * {{Determinator}}: Throughout the course of his life, Altaïr never gives up. |
| 53 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', with Ezio being the main playable ancestor of the game. |
| 54 | * DotingParent: It's shown that he's very close to his sons Darim and Sef, and was deeply embittered by the fact that [[spoiler:Sef was executed by the Assassins under Abbas Sofian's orders]]. |
| 55 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Justified, since his very foolish actions in the beginning were the reason why he lost his rank and respect. He eventually earns it back. |
| 56 | * DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Altaïr seals himself inside his Library, waiting for the right person to unlock it and find his Apple of Eden]]. |
| 57 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: While he didn't found the Assassins themselves, Ezio notes that Masyaf was where the Assassin Order was reborn, which he attributes to Altaïr. Given Altaïr's significant influence on the Assassins he can be considered the founder of the modern Assassins. |
| 58 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: At the start of [=AC1=], the only Assassin in the entire Levantine Cell of the Brotherhood that thinks highly of him is Kadar, who is killed at the start of the game ''because'' of Altaïr, thus making the rest dislike him even more. He eventually re-earns his brother assassins' respect. |
| 59 | * GadgeteerGenius: Though Leonardo would be the one to help repair and later upgrade Ezio's Hidden Blade in ''Assassin's Creed II'', Altaïr was responsible for most of the innovations such as the Hidden Gun. [[spoiler:Though he had help thanks to the Apple of Eden.]] |
| 60 | * GodIsEvil: Seems to have held this belief according to his Codex: |
| 61 | -->"Why do our instincts insist on violence? I have studied the interactions between different species. The innate desire to survive seems to demand the death of the other. Why can they not stand hand in hand? So many believe the world was created by the hand of a divine power - but I see only the designs of a madman, bent on celebrating destruction and desperation. Our origins seem chaotic. Unintended. Purpose and being instilled solely by the passage of time. Imposed first by nature - and later men..." |
| 62 | -->"They say it is a light that brings truth and love. I say it is a light that blinds us – and forces us to stumble about in ignorance." |
| 63 | * GodzillaThreshold: In ''Bloodlines'', [[spoiler:he carries the Apple of Eden with him the entire time but he only uses it once, when a Templar mole rallied an angry mob of civilians against him within a fortress. If he has to choose between killing a bunch innocents, and thus breaking the Creed, or using the Apple then he's going to use the Apple.]] |
| 64 | * GreaterScopeParagon: He becomes this for the Brotherhood after ''Assassin's Creed I''. It's thanks to his reforms and innovations that the Assassins become stronger than they ever were before. Even centuries after his death, he's looked to as a role model for later Assassins and is considered a hero to the Brotherhood. |
| 65 | * HappilyMarried: Definitely to Maria given their affectionate and supportive dialogue when they are old and grey. The database entry in ''Revelations'' says they were inseparable. |
| 66 | * HeartbrokenBadass: He had a relationship with Adha during the events of ''Altaïr's Chronicles'' and [[SecondLove Maria]] from ''Bloodlines'' onward. [[CartwrightCurse Both of them eventually die]], with [[spoiler:Maria's death especially haunting him until the day of his own death as seen in ''Revelations'']]. |
| 67 | * HeroicWillpower: Of a CharlesAtlasSuperpower variety. Thanks to his training and the time he's spent with Al Mualim and [[spoiler:his descent from Those Who Came Before]], he's immune to the hypnotic effects of the Apple, or at least less susceptible than the other Assassins. |
| 68 | * HeroProtagonist: Of the first game where he is charged by the BigGood with ridding the Holy Land of abusive merchants, tyrannical rulers, etc. It is telling that Desmond gains synch by rescuing civilians but not killing Templars, implying that the former brings him closer to Altaïr than the latter. Of course, he's also an antihero given that he's a ProfessionalKiller. |
| 69 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 70 | ** Despite all his stabby-stab tendencies, he was quite the capable artist, as seen in his codex entries. He even drew a portrait of Maria, framed by flowers, in one of his Codex pages. Awww. |
| 71 | ** He shows interest in things that have nothing to do with assassinating like the work of the Greek Philosopher Empedocles. |
| 72 | * IdenticalGrandson: Out of Desmond's various ancestors, Altaïr is the one he most closely resembles, most notably his facial features. When Desmond is given a vision of a hypothetical future, his elderly appearance closely resembles the 82-year-old Levantine Assassin. |
| 73 | * ImplacableMan: Because {{Determinator}} is a severe understatement. Even an attacking army will not stop this man from finding and killing you. |
| 74 | * InTheHood: It helps him blend in with scholars and conceal his identity when he is exposed. He is implied to have originated the trend among Assassins. |
| 75 | * InvincibleHero: By way of FridgeLogic. Every time Altaïr takes damage, Desmond loses synch. Which means in the game's universe, the historical Altaïr never took so much as a scratch of damage from an enemy combatant. That is really saying something when you consider that he canonically killed, at minimum, ''hundreds'' of people, sometimes singlehandedly fighting dozens of combatants. Justified by way of Frigde Brilliance, in that any severe enough wound would (eventually) be fatal at the time period. |
| 76 | * ItsPersonal: He came to [[spoiler:hate Abbas for killing his son Sef, his best friend Malik, being indirectly responsible for Maria's death, and undoing all the hard work Altaïr had done. However, when he finally kills him, he no longer feels hate, but only pity that Abbas wasted his life denying his father's death and doing so much harm]]. |
| 77 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: His preferred way to get information is to beat someone black and blue, and often killing the opponent afterwards. |
| 78 | * {{Jerkass}}: |
| 79 | ** In the first game, he acted high and mighty and believed himself superior to others. He wised up during his journey when he witnessed what happens to those who let themselves be consumed by arrogance. It's also possible to play him as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in that you can save every single citizen in a district before ever even going to the Assassin Bureau. |
| 80 | ** ''Revelations'' would reveal in the first Altaïr memory (set two years before the events of ''Assassin's Creed'') that he originally was more humble and stoic but that his success as a Master Assassin and high esteem in the eyes of Al Mualim got to his head, leading him to this. |
| 81 | * KnightInSourArmor: The Codex entries revealed that he's a strong believer in that HumansAreFlawed (in the "[[HumansAreBastards bastards]]" way) and that GodIsEvil (specifically a "madman"), and that he maybe should have let the Templars use the Piece of Eden to put an end to all evil, yet he fights on to make the world a better place for the common man. |
| 82 | * LeParkour: How else is going to evade guards and get the drop on targets but by climbing anything climbable and running across makeshift platforms. |
| 83 | * LegendaryInTheSequel: The entire Italian Brotherhood considers him the greatest Assassin of all times, even after Ezio takes over as Mentor. Ezio himself thinks so while he, at the same time, sees him as a tragic hero. |
| 84 | * LightIsNotGood: His opinion at least, considering the light of God merely the light of ignorance. |
| 85 | * LivingLegend: Even before his death, Altaïr was seen as the best of the Assassins in both skill and philosophy after his CharacterDevelopment. |
| 86 | * LongLived: This could partially be attributed to being a descendant of the Isu, but living to 92 was a remarkably long life during Altaïr's era. |
| 87 | * MakeSureHesDead: Altaïr's reason for [[spoiler:burning the body of Al Mualim.]] |
| 88 | * MasterSwordsman: Altaïr is incredibly skilled with a sword. |
| 89 | * MeaningfulName: His full name means "The Bird, Son of None" in Arabic. |
| 90 | * MissingMom: His mother, Maud, [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to him]]. |
| 91 | * NecessarilyEvil: He views his methods (i.e. assassination) as unfortunately needed to preserve free will. |
| 92 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: |
| 93 | ** In the first minutes of the game, which his act of overconfident jerkassery costs Malik his arm and Kadar his life, and then led the Templars to Masyaf. Then later, near the end of the game, his successes gave [[spoiler:Robert de Sable the means to unite the Crusaders and the Saracens against the Assassins. Also, by killing his Templar targets, he gave Al Mualim the chance to take power. Altaïr quickly put a stop to this, however]]. |
| 94 | ** [[spoiler:He's also responsible for Maria's death when he accidentally {{Mind Rape}}d the man who executed his son Sef with the Apple. Maria tries to stop him and the man stabs her in the back when Altaïr is distracted]]. |
| 95 | * NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In the first game, he speaks with a distinct American accent. In ''Revelations'' he speaks with a more period-accurate Middle-Eastern accent. This is lampshaded in the game as an effect of the Animus software, with the 2.0 version used in ''Revelations'' being more true to what actually happened. |
| 96 | * OldMaster: When he comes back to Masyaf, he's 82, still respected and admired by many in the Brotherhood (they call him "Mentor" and make a fist-on-the-chest salute as he passes by them), and still capable of killing the unsuspecting lieutenants of Abbas with his Hidden Blades. |
| 97 | * OneManArmy: For someone who is supposed to use stealth, he's one hell of a fighting machine. |
| 98 | * {{Pride}}: The flaw that led to his initial disgrace in the first game. He never fully got over it, believing that he was capable of ending all of the world's strife in his lifetime. One of his greatest regrets in his waning years was that he could not find the humility to give up the fight and do something else with his life. |
| 99 | -->'''Tamir:''' Such [[LampshadeHanging Pride]], it will [[{{Foreshadowing}} destroy]] you. |
| 100 | * RageAgainstTheMentor: Does this to Al Mualim, twice. |
| 101 | ** First when he demands to know how his victims are connected. |
| 102 | --->'''Al Mualim:''' I have offered you a chance to restore your lost honor.\ |
| 103 | '''Altaïr:''' Not 'lost,' ''taken'' by you, and you set me to fetch it again like some damn dog! You said the answer to my question will arise when I no longer need to ask it, so I will not ask. I ''demand'' to know what binds these men! |
| 104 | ** Second, when [[spoiler:he turned out to be a manipulative and power hungry Templar]]. |
| 105 | * RedemptionQuest: Most of the first game's story is him redeeming himself for his failure at Solomon's temple; not only was it a big important mission but he also got his two brother assassins killed and maimed, respectively; even worse, he broke all three of the Creed's Tenants in the process. So he has to complete nine missions with minimal assistance to regain his rank. |
| 106 | * RightfulKingReturns: Rather the "Assassin Leader" variant. By the time he's 82, he comes back to Masyaf to put an end to the ruthless, corrupt, and inept rule of Abbas, reclaim leadership of the Brotherhood and avenge Maria and his first son. |
| 107 | * SeekerArchetype: Altaïr's character transforms from an ArrogantKungFuGuy into this, a humble seeker of knowledge though Altaïr realizes that in the end, seeking knowledge in the hope of solving every problem in the world is merely another aspect of arrogance. |
| 108 | -->'''Altaïr:''' If only I had the humility to say, I've seen enough for one life. |
| 109 | * ShutUpHannibal: His response to those targets who try to justify their evil or if they pull a NotSoDifferentRemark on him is a Hidden Blade to the throat or some witty reply. |
| 110 | * SurpassedTheTeacher: [[spoiler:Battles and kills his Mentor and implicitly his direct tutor to some degree, Al Mualim.]] |
| 111 | * SympathyForTheDevil: |
| 112 | ** 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 doesn't sympathize was [[TheCaligula Majd Addin]]... who instead reminded Altaïr too much of who Altaïr used to be. |
| 113 | -->'''Altaïr:''' I've seen what happens to men who elevate themselves above others.\ |
| 114 | '''Majd Addin:''' What?\ |
| 115 | '''Altaïr:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Here. Let me show you.]] (''stabs Majd Addin in the neck'') |
| 116 | ** He also tells Assassins not to feel anger towards Abbas but pity because of how the events of Abbas' childhood warped his mind. Mind you, this is ''after'' Abbas [[spoiler:killed one of his two sons, his wife, his closest friend, and drove him from his home]]. |
| 117 | * ThrowTheDogABone: Despite his life being a chain of traumatic events, leaving him saddled with enormous responsibility, undermined by so-called allies, with few friends and too many lost loved ones, Altaïr went out on a pretty high note. [[spoiler:He got to live the latter half of his long life with his only remaining family and eldest son, and watch said son grow into an old man with a loving family of his own. Moments before he breathes his last, he has a touching farewell with his son, who thanks Altaïr for everything]]. |
| 118 | * TimePassageBeard: Grows out as he gets older, wiser and more badass (than he already was at least). It's kind of like a WizardBeard given his work with the Apple. |
| 119 | * TookALevelInKindness: He slowly becomes more levelheaded, intelligent, and humble as the entire game progresses. |
| 120 | * TraumaCongaLine: ''Revelations'' shows how difficult his life remained after the events of the first game. Shown more in depth in ''[[{{Novelization}} The Secret Crusade]]''. |
| 121 | * UnevenHybrid: [[spoiler:Heavily implied that everyone who has the Eagle Vision ability has the genetic material from one of "Those Who Came Before" in their DNA]]. |
| 122 | * WarriorPoet: Most noticeably in his ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' Codex entries and in ''Bloodlines''. Altaïr turned out to be an incredibly progressive philosopher for his time, and could even draw and design weapons, as well. He apparently did a lot of traveling to visit distant libraries and learn from different scholars (not just using them to hide from guards). |
| 123 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Abbas Sofian were friends in their childhood, but after Altaïr tried telling Abbas how his father committed suicide out of guilt for getting Altaïr's dad killed, Abbas came to believe he was a liar and tried to kill him in training, and forever mistrusted him afterwards. |
| 124 | * WhatTheHellHero: His murder of an innocent at the beginning of the first game, for which both Malik and Al Mualim call him out on breaking the first tenet of the Creed. |
| 125 | * YankTheDogsChain: Aside from a number of years after he becomes Mentor and the assassination of Genghis Khan where not much goes wrong, he never gets very much by way of happiness or happiness, particularly later in life. |
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| 128 | [[folder:Maria]] |
| 129 | !!Maria Thorpe |
| 130 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_thorpe_ac_render_3199.png]] |
| 131 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_thorpe_old_ac_render_2055.png]] |
| 132 | !!!'''Main Game Apperances:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 133 | !!!'''Other Appearances:''' ''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines'' | ''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' | ''Assassin's Creed: Reflections'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRebellion'' |
| 134 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Eleanor Noble (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Tatyana Shitova (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | ->''"Everything I worked for in the Holy Land, I no longer want. And everything I gave up to join the Templars... I wonder where all that went, and if I should try to find it again."'' |
| 137 | |
| 138 | Robert de Sablé's personal steward, Maria flouted the gender norms of her time and ran away to fight in the Crusades, seeking honor and glory. Notably, she has acted as Robert's body double on at least one occasion. [[HeelFaceTurn She later defected to the Assassin Brotherhood]], fell in love with Altaïr and married him. |
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| 140 | * ActionGirl: She's pretty handy with a sword. |
| 141 | * ArrangedMarriage: {{Word of God}} says her parents forced her into one, which is what eventually led her to leave England. |
| 142 | * AscendedExtra: While she only appears briefly toward the end of the first game, she is featured in the PSP game ''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines'' and then goes on to appear in a major scene in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''. |
| 143 | * BattleButler: In ''Bloodlines'' she says that she was "a heartbeat away from knighthood" which meant she wasn't a ''knight'' templar. Thus, she was more of a servant to Robert de Sable than a subordinate. |
| 144 | * BodyDouble: Robert has her impersonate him after he ([[ProperlyParanoid correctly]]) guesses that he's an assassination target. |
| 145 | * DefectingForLove: She had other reasons for leaving the Templars but falling for the star of the Levantine Assassin Brotherhood was certainly a big one. |
| 146 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Swami stabs her after Altaïr uses the Apple of Eden on him, and she passes away in Altaïr's arms.]] |
| 147 | * EvilBrit: In the first game, she is from England and the right-hand woman for Robert De Sable (one of the main antagonists). It's quickly subverted after ''Bloodlines'' where she falls in love with Altaïr and gives birth to his son. |
| 148 | * HairColorDissonance: While in-game she still has brown hair at 67, Maria's render model has a full head of white hair. |
| 149 | * HappilyMarried: Some time after the first game she marries Altaïr and she is still in love with him decades later. Her dialogue in the 3rd Altaïr memory of ''Revelations'' is both supportive and affectionate. Her database entry says they were inseparable. |
| 150 | * HeelFaceTurn: By the end of ''Bloodlines'', she's well on her way to allying with the Assassins. She marries Altaïr not long after. |
| 151 | * HonorBeforeReason: Said to not agree with Robert's beliefs, but she follows him anyway out of respect. |
| 152 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: In ''Assassin's Creed'' she was a high-ranking member of the Templar Order. By ''Bloodlines'', she has been demoted and humiliated. She tells Altaïr that he ruined her life by killing her boss. |
| 153 | * HumiliationConga: The Templars put her through one in ''Bloodlines'': telling her to stay behind in Acre, accusing her of being a spy, throwing her in prison immediately after she escaped from Altaïr, putting a bounty on her head, etc. It eventually leads to her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 154 | * KnightTemplar: At first, anyway. She was of the impression that Templars were a "protect the people's freedom and safety" sort of organization instead of a "order at any cost" organization. She later comes to see the truth about the Templar Order in ''Bloodlines''. |
| 155 | * LadyOfWar: A lady who enlisted ([[SweetPollyOliver as a man]]) in the Crusades and is pretty swift and skilled with a sword. |
| 156 | * AMatchMadeInStockholm: She falls in love with Altaïr during the events of ''Bloodlines'' where he captures her in an early mission. After repeated escape attempts, she ultimately sides with him against Armand Bouchart. |
| 157 | * MoralityChain: When Altaïr learns of what Abbas did in his decade long absence, he is ready for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against him, yet a few sentences from his wife reigns him in. |
| 158 | * MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: [[spoiler:Twenty years after her death, Altaïr sees hallucinations of her reminding him of the need to restrain his need for revenge and retake the Brotherhood by honorable means only.]] |
| 159 | * PaperThinDisguise: She does at least have a helmet on, but really, Altaïr? The breasts and distinctly female voice weren't a giveaway? |
| 160 | * SecondLove: For Altaïr, who thought he would never love again after losing Adha. |
| 161 | * SilverVixen: Downplayed, she looks fairly attractive even into her late 60s. |
| 162 | * SmugSnake: She has shades of this when she was a Templar such as when she reveals the ruse that Altaïr fell hook, line and sinker for, despite the fact that she was moments away from death. |
| 163 | -->'''Maria:''' I sense you expected someone else! |
| 164 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female in the Templar Order during the Third Crusade. |
| 165 | * TheSnarkKnight: Known to snark. For instance, while on a mission with Altaïr in ''Bloodlines'', he asks her about the Templar Archive. She says it's where they keep their ''undergarments''. |
| 166 | * SweetPollyOliver: She ran away, disguised herself as a man, and enlisted in the Crusades. When she does show up in the game, she's disguised as Robert himself. |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Al Mualim '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 170 | !!Rashid ad-Din Sinan "Al Mualim" |
| 171 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/al_mualim_ac_render_8480.png]] |
| 172 | !!!'''Main Game Appearances:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' |
| 173 | !!!'''Other Apperances:''' ''Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade'' | ''Assassin's Creed: Memories'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRebellion'' |
| 174 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PeterRenaday (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Gruzdev (Russian), Creator/YusakuYara (Japanese)[[/note]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | ->''"I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceive that this also was a chasing at the wind. For in much wisdom, is much grief. And he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow."'' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | The Mentor of the Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins. He gives Altaïr the mission to assassinate nine corrupt head figures of the Holy Land as a way for him to earn redemption. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | In reality, he turns out to be working with the Templars, seeking to use the Apple of Eden for his own purposes and ends up being Altaïr's last assassination target. |
| 181 | |
| 182 | ---- |
| 183 | * AllThereInTheManual: His real name - Rashid ad-Din Sinan, the same as his historical counterpart - is revealed in Gameloft's mobile version of the game. |
| 184 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He was a capable Assassin in his youth, and his years as Mentor haven't lessened those skills, as Altaïr finds out during his boss fight. |
| 185 | * BadassBoast: Just before the final battle against him: |
| 186 | -->'''Al Mualim:''' I have stood before a thousand men! All of them superior to you! And all of them ''dead''... by my hand! |
| 187 | * BadassInDistress: As seen in ''Revelations'', in a flashback two years before the events of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', he is briefly held hostage by Haras during the latter's assault on Masyaf. |
| 188 | * BigBadEnsemble: With Robert de Sable in the first game. Although they both share the same vision and the same means for carrying it out, however to each other they are enemies vying for the same trophy (the Piece of Eden). |
| 189 | * BigGood: As Mentor of the Levantine Brotherhood, he leads the fight against the Templars and others who threaten peace in the region. This is subverted when it turns out he was working with the Templars. |
| 190 | * BrokenPedestal: Turns out that he was an ally of the Templars, who just played Altaïr and the Brotherhood to kill his former allies so that he wouldn't have to share his power once he conquered the Holy Lands. |
| 191 | * TheCameo: Al-Mualim briefly appears in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' in the personal files of Juhani Otso Berg. |
| 192 | * TheChessmaster: Plays all of his followers and most of the Holy Land like a fiddle until Altaïr learns the truth. |
| 193 | * ContemplativeBoss: He usually assumes this pose when he finishes his conversations with Altaïr and sends him on his missions in the first game. |
| 194 | * CoolOldGuy: A badass Chessmaster despite his age. |
| 195 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Al Mualim's historical counterpart Rashid ad-Din Sinan died in 1193 through unknown causes. In the game, he dies at the hands of his former student Altaïr]]. |
| 196 | * DyingCurse: His final words have shades of this. His quotation from the Ecclesiastes haunts Altaïr to his final hours and when Altaïr approaches the Apple, Al Mualim asks Altaïr to destroy it, only for him to say, "I can't". Which the old man replies with a cruelly accurate and prophetic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: |
| 197 | -->'''Al Mualim:''' You can, Altaïr, but you won't. |
| 198 | * TheDogWasTheMastermind: You wouldn't expect Altaïr's mentor to be the true villain of the game, let alone a former ally of the Templars with a Piece of Eden. |
| 199 | * EvilOldFolks: He's a grey haired Assassin turncoat allied with the Templars. |
| 200 | * AFatherToHisMen: To his fellow Assassins. According to Altaïr, he even had personally raised some of them. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end, when he brainwashes most and tries to kill Altaïr out of greed,]]. |
| 201 | * FinalBoss: Altaïr's final assassination target in the first game. |
| 202 | * AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Due to the Apple, he develops a god complex. He has the people he brainwashed calling him "the way and the truth", which is how Jesus Christ refers to Himself]]. |
| 203 | * {{Greed}}: The one difference between Robert De Sable and him is that he doesn't want to share the power with his fellow Templar friends. Also, he's a Templar in all but in name. |
| 204 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: It's not specified in the game, but supplementary material states that Al Mualim is the real life leader of the Assassins of Masyaf - Rashid ad-Din Sinan, known as "The Old Man of the Mountain". |
| 205 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In real life, Al Mualim certainly didn't use an Apple of Eden to hypnotize the people of Jerusalem nor was he a secret Templar. |
| 206 | * InTheHood: Like most Assassins, he wears a hooded robe. It must be a uniform thing because he doesn't need to do any hiding. |
| 207 | * KnightTemplar: He's very direct in his application of retribution. [[spoiler:Also, he believes that peace will never come unless it is forced upon the masses, making him literally this trope, being like the Templars in all but name.]] |
| 208 | * ManipulativeBastard: He has Altaïr kill off all his fellow Templar allies so that he alone can use the Apple of Eden to create a OneWorldOrder. |
| 209 | * MesACrowd: Creates illusions of himself with the Apple of Eden. |
| 210 | * TheMentor: Both his title and his role in the Assassin Brotherhood, teaching and guiding Assassins throughout the Levant. |
| 211 | * MeaningfulName: "Al Mualim" means "The Teacher" in Arabic. |
| 212 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: He is Altaïr's mentor and he dies before Altaïr's mission is over, but, in a twist, Altaïr kills him for being a TreacherousAdvisor. |
| 213 | * MilkyWhiteEyes: If you look closely, you'll notice his right one is blinded. It could be due to age, an old wound, or it could be due to the Apple of Eden's influence. |
| 214 | * MoleInCharge: It is unknown when exactly it happened, but he ended up allying himself with the Templars, which put one of the most powerful branches of the Assassin Order under the direct control of their sworn enemy. He felt no loyalty towards them, being willing to use the Assassins to kill them for his own ambitions. |
| 215 | * NoTrueScotsman: He's considered this by Abstergo Industries as of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''. Abstergo deliberately says he is not a Templar, but rather an Assassin with similar motives and a case of him being representative of combined motives rather than betrayal of one for another. |
| 216 | * OldMaster: The Old Assassin Master. |
| 217 | * ScarsAreForever: Has a nasty scar running through his right eye. |
| 218 | * TheStrategist: The leading planner of the Assassin order. |
| 219 | * ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: When Altaïr asks what will become of the turncoat Jamal, Al Mualim says they shall see which one of the two following categories Jamal belongs to. |
| 220 | -->'''Al Mualim''': Some do ill out of ignorance or fear. These men can be saved. Others suffer from corrupted wills, their minds poisoned and twisted. These men must be destroyed. |
| 221 | * TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:For both factions, no less: he's both an Assassin who seeks to rule the world, and a Templar collaborator who, unlike his former colleagues (save perhaps Maj Addin) [[WellIntentionedExtremist who seek a world of fairness and peace for all]], just wants to rule on his own, with the prior-mentioned peace as a nice little bonus to his regime.]] |
| 222 | * TreacherousAdvisor: To the Levantine Brotherhood as a whole by telling them they are bringing peace to the Holy Land when truly they are delivering it to his control. |
| 223 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He explains to Altaïr that all he does is for the peace of the Holy Land. |
| 224 | * WalkingSpoiler: Talking about him inevitably involves his being a collaborator with the Templars. |
| 225 | * YouCannotKillAnIdea: Altaïr realizes, upon learning of Al Mualim's treachery, that Templars can be ''anyone'': Crusaders, Saracens, even Assassins. As long as there are people who believe peace must be obtained through control and order, the Knights Templar will never die. |
| 226 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: Al Mualim appears in ''Altaïr's Chronicles'', but you'd be forgiven for not recognizing him. With a completely different outfit, face, and even a short, black beard to contrast his regular elderly appearance, you'd only ever know that's actually Al Mualim because the game and characters directly refer to him as such. |
| 227 | %% |
| 228 | %%Please do not re-add the Villain Ball trope here without discussing it first in the topic on the discussion page. |
| 229 | %% |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Malik]] |
| 233 | !!Malik Al-Sayf |
| 234 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malik_al-sayf_ac_render_6258.png]] |
| 235 | [[caption-width-right:300: What I would have done is follow the Creed.]] |
| 236 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' |
| 237 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Haaz Sleiman (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Ilya Khvostikov (Russian), Creator/MitsuruOgata (Japanese)[[/note]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | ->"''We are one. As we share the glory of our victories, so too should we share the pain of our defeat. In this way we grow closer. We grow stronger.''" |
| 240 | |
| 241 | A member of the Assassin Order. He holds a grudge against Altaïr because his foolishness cost Malik his arm and his brother's life. Since he can't use both arms to fight any more, he's promoted to Rafiq and placed in Jerusalem, leading the Assassins operating there. In the years following ''Assassin's Creed'', he helped Altaïr devise new assassination techniques. |
| 242 | ---- |
| 243 | * AnArmAndALeg: Losing his arm plus his brother gives him good reason to be bitter toward Altaïr. |
| 244 | * BigDamnHeroes: At the last level. His timely approach saved Altaïr's life from being taken by the [[spoiler:brainwashed Assassins]]. |
| 245 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: He wore a hidden blade on his left arm, which he lost after being badly wounded. |
| 246 | * DeadpanSnarker: Big parts of the fandom call him the "Sass Master". |
| 247 | -->'''Altaïr:''' Safety and peace, Malik.\ |
| 248 | '''Malik:''' Your presence deprives me of both! |
| 249 | * TheDreaded: Implied to be a heroic example to ''his own men''! One informant in Jerusalem is more scared of Malik finding out he messed up rather than the band of Templars that saw his face catching up to him. |
| 250 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Despite being one of the major characters of the first game as well as popular with the fandom, he does not appear in ''Revelations'', and is executed by Abbas, off-screen, between the second and third seal memories, though details on the latter can be found in ''The Secret Crusade'']]. |
| 251 | * GeniusBruiser: He's a cartographer by trade, and you walk in on him at least once while he's drawing a complicated map of Jerusalem. It's a profession that requires a lot of intelligence and a superb memory, and when combined with his obvious martial skills, it shows that he is a seriously smart and dangerous individual. |
| 252 | * GreenEyedMonster: He admits that part of the reason he hated Altaïr is how much better Altaïr was as an assassin than him. |
| 253 | * HandicappedBadass: He might be one-armed, but he can still put up a fight and somehow get in and out of the Assassin Bureau in Jerusalem, which requires climbing. |
| 254 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: He eventually becomes this with Altaïr, serving as his closest advisor. |
| 255 | * InTheHood: He wears the normal hooded Assassin robes during the mission to Solomon's Temple, but after losing his left arm he begins wearing the attire of a Rafiq without the hood up. |
| 256 | * TheLancer: After Altaïr becomes the new Mentor, Malik becomes his closest advisor and friend, and he has a contrasting opinion of what Altaïr should do with the Apple of Eden. |
| 257 | * LegacyCharacter: Not him, but his son Tazim, who takes up the name Malik and becomes Altaïr's new right-hand man, helping the elderly Assassin overthrow Abbas. |
| 258 | * MeaningfulEcho: As Altaïr's CharacterDevelopment throughout the first game progresses, so does Malik's attitude towards him. |
| 259 | --> (From their first meeting at the Jerusalem Assassins' Bureau)\ |
| 260 | '''Altaïr:''' Safety and peace, Malik.\ |
| 261 | '''Malik:''' Your presence deprives me of both!\ |
| 262 | \ |
| 263 | (Later, before Altaïr confronts [[spoiler:Al Mualim]])\ |
| 264 | '''Altaïr:''' Safety and peace, Malik.\ |
| 265 | '''Malik:''' Your presence here will deliver us both. |
| 266 | * MoralityChain: In ''Assassin's Creed II'', Altaïr's codex speaks of how Malik helped him to resist the influence of [[spoiler:the Apple of Eden he took from Al-Mualim, and eventually to attempt destroying it.]] |
| 267 | * NoOneCouldSurviveThat: What the others thought about Malik's fate after the mission to Solomon's Temple. He did survive, but at a great cost. |
| 268 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:His fate in ''The Secret Crusade'' is beheading on Abbas' orders]]. |
| 269 | * PerpetualFrowner: Malik is always frowning even when [[spoiler:he and Altaïr are finally reconciled at the end]]. |
| 270 | * RejectedApology: A rare, positive example in that he explains that [[spoiler:[[{{ThatManIsDead}} he believes Altaïr is no longer the same man he was before]], so the "new" Altaïr owes him no apology]]. |
| 271 | * SarcasticDevotee: He puts the sass in asSASSin and is Altaïr's right hand man and closest friend. |
| 272 | * UndyingLoyalty: After the first game, he has complete faith in Altaïr, which is precisely the reason he was a thorn in Abbas' side for so long. |
| 273 | * VitriolicBestBuds: He and Altaïr slowly develop this bond as the game progresses. The sass never goes away no matter how close they become. |
| 274 | * WhatTheHellHero: He gives a rightly-deserved one to Altaïr in the first ten minutes of the game about killing an innocent. Altaïr doesn't listen and it costs them both dearly. |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Kadar]] |
| 278 | !!Kadar Al-Sayf |
| 279 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kadar_al-sayf_ac_render_3836.png]] |
| 280 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' |
| 281 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Jake Eberle (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Vladimir Antonik (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | ->''"What is our mission? My brother said nothing to me, other than I should be honored to have been invited."'' |
| 284 | |
| 285 | Malik's younger brother, Kadar is a young but skilled Assassin who idolizes Altaïr. He is killed by the Templars during a botched mission to Solomon's Temple alongside Malik and Altaïr. |
| 286 | ---- |
| 287 | * HeroWorshipper: Kadar considers Altaïr to be the best Assassin in the Order and looks up to even over his own brother. |
| 288 | * InTheHood: Wears the normal Assassin robes, which includes a grey hood. |
| 289 | * SacrificialLamb: His death serves as the biggest point of tension between Malik and Altaïr. |
| 290 | * ProfessionalKiller: He's an Assassin, but we never see him kill anyone because he dies too quickly. |
| 291 | * RedShirt: His presence in the opening mission is so that his death can underscore how badly Altaïr screwed up. |
| 292 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: This guy gets two minutes of screen time, give or take. It's not even enough to garner a "huh, that's sad" from the player.\ |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Abbas]] |
| 296 | !!Abbas Sofian |
| 297 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abbas_sofian_ac_render_9509.png]] |
| 298 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 299 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/NolanNorth (''AC''); Yerman Gur (''Revelations'') (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Gavrilin (''AC''), Andrey Danilyuk (''Revelations'') (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | ->''"I will have the Apple, Altaïr! And I will have your head for all the dishonor you brought upon my family! You cannot run forever! Not from us, and not from your lies!"'' |
| 302 | |
| 303 | A member of the Assassin Order. He holds a grudge against Altaïr for believing that he lied about the truth behind his father's death. He appears briefly in the first game, but plays a much larger role in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 304 | ---- |
| 305 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Most Assassins do not like Abbas during his reign as Mentor but are forced to follow his orders due to his position. Upon Altaïr's return to Masyaf, not only do many of them immediately side with him to dethrone Abbas, a few don't even bother following his orders to stop Altaïr. |
| 306 | * AscendedExtra: Emphasis on "extra", since his appearance is barely noticeable in the first game. Later, he becomes the ArcVillain of Altaïr's flashbacks in ''Revelations''. |
| 307 | * AmbitionIsEvil: He is able to usurp the control of Masyaf by killing Sef and Malik and spreading lies about Altaïr. During his reign as Mentor, the Assassins decayed so much that they might as well be considered Templars. |
| 308 | * BadBoss: He purged the Assassin Order of as many of Altaïr's supporters as he could find, and later sent no backup to the Templar Archive on Cypress that the Assassins had seized, resulting in a massacre of the Assassins stationed there when the Templars took it back. |
| 309 | -->'''Altaïr:''' You corrupted everything we stand for, and lost everything we gained. All of it, sacrificed on the altar of your own spite. |
| 310 | * BeardOfEvil: One that grows longer the older and eviler he gets. |
| 311 | * ChekhovsGunman: In ''Assassin's Creed'', he only appears when Altaïr returns from Solomon Temple to criticize him. He is never seen again until ''Revelations'' where he plays a much larger role. |
| 312 | * DenyingTheDeadParentsSins: Refuses to believe his father Ahmad broke under torture and gave up Altaïr's father Umar, resulting in Umar's death and Ahmad committing suicide as repentance. |
| 313 | * DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Altaïr kills him with the Hidden Gun, a Hidden Blade attachment that Abbas had no idea was even possible, since Altaïr had gained the insight on how to make it by studying the Apple.]] |
| 314 | * DisappearedDad: When his father disappeared when he was ten, Abbas believed that he had been abandoned and became depressed, with only his friendship with Altaïr and the guidance of Al Mualim to help him cope. However, when Altaïr admitted that Abbas' father had actually committed suicide out of shame for breaking under torture and getting Altaïr's father killed, Abbas believed he was lying, and since Al Mualim refused to clear the situation up, Abbas assumed Altaïr was simply a liar and untrustworthy, and thus a threat to the Assassin Order. |
| 315 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Believed Altaïr lied about his father committing suicide, which was actually true. His response? [[spoiler:Take away Altaïr's position as Mentor by having his son Sef killed and then imprisoning Malik. Then years later, ordering Malik's execution]]. |
| 316 | * DramaticIrony: In his pursuit for power, Abbas eventually abandons the ways of the Assassins and become more like a Templar. Centuries later, Abstergo even acknowledges his actions as such and attempts to find his descendants if he has any. |
| 317 | * EvilFormerFriend: Of Altaïr. They trained together in their childhood and became friends until Altaïr told him the truth about his father's death. |
| 318 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: His hunger for power masks a massive inferiority complex on his part. As Altaïr puts it: |
| 319 | -->'''Altaïr''': ''He's hungry for power, because he's powerless''. |
| 320 | * IRejectYourReality: While it's understandable that a child would refuse to accept his father committed treason and then suicide over said treason, carrying it into adulthood is nothing short of plain, insane denial. |
| 321 | * ItsPersonal: He despises Altaïr because he believes he lied about the nature of his father's death. [[spoiler:The feeling becomes mutual due to Abbas ordering the execution of Sef and Malik.]] |
| 322 | * ManipulativeBastard: He knows how to manipulate, having set most of the Levantine Assassins against Altaïr while he was busy fighting against the Mongols. |
| 323 | * MeaningfulName: One possible meaning of the name "Abbas" is "father." Abbas is a man with considerable DaddyIssues. |
| 324 | * MilkingTheGiantCow: Subtler than most examples, but after he [[spoiler:overthrows Altaïr and takes over the Order]], he can't seem to speak without weaving his fingers through each other, and always when accusing or making lies about Altaïr. It doubles as RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:Abbas is a spider, weaving webs of lies and twisting the truth to try manipulating others and destroy Altaïr. It also symbolizes how he keeps denying the truth about his father, brushing and waving away the truth.]] |
| 325 | * NoSenseOfHumor: His database entry notes that he lacked a sense of humor, which rubbed many of his comrades the wrong way. |
| 326 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Abbas is at least 80 at the time of his death. But the game uses the same model as his middle-aged self, only with the beard (and only the beard) greyed out. |
| 327 | * PsychopathicManchild: The fourth Memory Shard shows that Abbas clearly isn't suited to be Mentor of the Assassins. Under his rule, the Order becomes a shadow of its 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 follow it. In addition, he hates Altaïr for the rest of his life over not believing that his father committed suicide for treason. |
| 328 | * SeeYouInHell: Even when at death's door, he still [[IRejectYourReality refuses to believe Altaïr about his father's fate]]. Abbas then vows to find his father in the afterlife and wait for Altaïr there, implying that he still wishes for pain and suffering for his former friend, even beyond the grave. |
| 329 | -->'''Abbas:''' I hope there is another life after this one. Then I will see him, and know the truth of his final days...And when it is your time, we will find you, and then there will be no doubts. |
| 330 | * ShadowArchetype: Abbas in many ways is what Altaïr could have been had the latter not been punished by Al-Mualim. Like Altaïr before his demotion, Abbas sees little worth in the Creed and breaks all three tenets to ensure he gets what he wants. Altaïr's journey in the first game mellows him out, allowing him to be a better man and an Assassin and ensuring the Order's power for the centuries to come. Abbas has no such CharacterDevelopment and remains the same arrogant, power hungry, and selfish ManChild even into his twilight years, and has turned the Assassins into nothing more than bandits and tyrants during his reign as Mentor. |
| 331 | * TheStarscream: While Altaïr, Maria, and Darim are off assassinating Genghis Khan, Abbas [[spoiler:overthrows Altaïr's supporters and takes over the Assassin Order]]. |
| 332 | * UngratefulBastard: So, after Abbas attempted to steal the Apple of Eden for himself and nearly got himself killed by the artifact's power, Altaïr not only saved his life but also allowed him to remain in the Order. How does Abbas repay Altaïr? [[spoiler:By usurping Altaïr's position as Order's leader, murdering Altaïr's best friend and youngest son, throwing a sack with Malik's ''head'' at him, and then trying to kill him, which resulted in Maria's death]]. Ungrateful ''bastard'', indeed. |
| 333 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Altaïr, up until Abbas' father commits suicide in front of Altaïr and Abbas accuses Altaïr of lying about it. Abbas then tried to kill Altaïr. It... didn't get any better from there. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Rauf]] |
| 337 | !!Rauf |
| 338 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rauf_ac_render_3458.png]] |
| 339 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' |
| 340 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Jake Eberle (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Vladimir Antonik (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | A combat instructor for the Assassin Order and a friend of Altaïr. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | * CharacterDeath: In the novel ''The Secret Crusade'', Swammi claims that Rauf died of a fever while Altaïr was in Mongolia, but Altaïr suspects that Abbas had him murdered when he carried out his coup. |
| 345 | * MasterSwordsman: He is one top swordsmen in the Order, being responsible for training the younger Assassins in swordplay. |
| 346 | * MeaningfulName: Rauf is an Arabic name meaning "compassionate, sympathetic, kind, lenient", which fits his personality very well. Even when Altaïr was at his lowest and fresh off demotion, he still respected his brother assassin's skill. |
| 347 | * NiceGuy: He is one of the more cheerful and friendly Assassins, and never once mocks or insults Altaïr for his failures. |
| 348 | * UndyingLoyalty: |
| 349 | ** To Altaïr, becoming one of his most trusted Assassins and friends. [[spoiler:He is among those who were able to resist Al Mualim's brainwashing]]. |
| 350 | ** It's implied that this is what [[spoiler:caused his death; because he was loyal to Altaïr and his reign, Abbas has him killed during the coup. His death is later covered up, but Altaïr is able to see through it.]] |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Jabal]] |
| 354 | !!Jabal |
| 355 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jabal_ac_render_9559.png]] |
| 356 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' |
| 357 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Alain Benatar (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Andrey Barkhudarov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 358 | |
| 359 | ->''"Remove this stain from Acre, Altaïr. Perhaps it will help cleanse your own."'' |
| 360 | |
| 361 | The Rafiq of Acre, Jabal is a elderly scholar and scribe of the Assassin Order. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * {{Bookworm}}: He's often reading when Altaïr walks in. |
| 364 | * CoolOldGuy: He doesn't taunt or insult Altaïr like Malik and the Rafiq of Damascus, instead simply expressing a quiet disappointment in the actions that led to his demotion. He also offers much advice to Altaïr, and compliments him on finding his way back onto the proper Assassin path. |
| 365 | * InTheHood: Wears his hood up all the time. He's a scholar in addition to being an assassin. |
| 366 | * ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: He encourages Altaïr to embrace this feeling, since the Assassins kill out of necessity, not for fun, and that they must acknowledge the toll taking a life takes on a person. |
| 367 | -->'''Jabal:''' It is the men you kill, isn't it? You feel... something for them. |
| 368 | -->'''Altaïr:''' How? |
| 369 | -->'''Jabal:''' Ah, my friend, you are not meant to enjoy these grim tasks. Regret, uncertainty, sympathy - this is to be expected. |
| 370 | -->'''Altaïr:''' I should not fear these feelings? |
| 371 | -->'''Jabal:''' You should embrace them! They are what keep you human. |
| 372 | * OnlyOneName: It's just "Jabal". |
| 373 | * ThePhilosopher: His conversations with Altaïr discuss the ramifications of what an Assassin does, and he advises Altaïr to be more thoughtful about the impact of what he does. |
| 374 | -->'''Altaïr:''' I've never been one for politics. |
| 375 | -->'''Jabal:''' But surely you realize your every action shapes the course of this land's future. You are a politician too, in your own way. |
| 376 | * TheSpymaster: As Rafiq of Acre, it is his job to gather information for the Assassin Order on important figures and events in the city and approve of any assassination carried out by the Order there. |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder:Damascus Rafiq]] |
| 380 | !!Damascus Rafiq |
| 381 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' |
| 382 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Carlos Ferro (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Nikita Prozorovsky (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | ->''"I envy you, Altaïr. Well, not where you were beaten and stripped of your rank, but I envy everything else! Oh, except for the terrible things the other Assassins say about you! But yes, aside from the failure and the hatred, yes, aside from those things I envy you very much!"'' |
| 385 | |
| 386 | The unnamed Rafiq of Damascus, notable for his witty comments and, compared to the other Bureau Leaders, open and friendly. |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * DeadpanSnarker: Every conversation with him involves him making dry remarks and wisecracks at Altaïr's expense. |
| 389 | * TheGadfly: He likes the sound of his voice, this one, and much to Altaïr's displeasure. |
| 390 | * NoNameGiven: "Damascus Rafiq" is his title, not his name. It never comes up. |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder:Darim]] |
| 394 | !!Darim Ibn-La'Ahad |
| 395 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darim_ibn-la_ahad_ac_render_7600.png]] |
| 396 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 397 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Michael Benyaer (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Kovrizhnykh (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 398 | |
| 399 | ->''"All that is good in me, began with you, father."'' |
| 400 | |
| 401 | Altaïr and Maria's eldest son. He was trained by them alongside his younger brother Sef. He accompanied his parents on the mission to assassinate Genghis Khan, killing the warlord with the help of Qulan Gal. After returning to the Holy Land, Darim went into exile with his father and his brothers family after Abbas took over the Assassin Order, murdered Sef, and Maria was killed. After Altaïr resumed his status as Mentor, Darim became his father's right hand man in rebuilding the Order. |
| 402 | ---- |
| 403 | * IdenticalGrandson: Although WordOfGod implies they're not actually related, many fans have pointed out that he is a dead ringer for [[spoiler:Subject 16]]. Whether this is merely coincidence or hinting at yet another revelation in a future game remains to be seen. |
| 404 | %%* ProfessionalKiller |
| 405 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When his father entered a deep depression after [[spoiler:Maria and Sef were killed and they were driven from Masyaf by Abbas]] while also becoming obsessed with the Apple of Eden, Darim left Altaïr in Alamut and traveled to France and England to spread warnings about the Mongols. He eventually returns to his father's side [[spoiler:after Abbas is killed]]. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Swami]] |
| 409 | !!Swami |
| 410 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/swami_aci_9636.jpg]] |
| 411 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 412 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' ??? |
| 413 | |
| 414 | A weak-minded and unskilled Assassin apprentice who became Abbas Sofian's right-hand man. |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | %%* BaldOfEvil |
| 417 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: In the novel ''The Secret Crusade'', [[spoiler:Altaïr uses the Apple to make Swami mutilate himself before dying, while in the game, he merely starts to slit his own throat before Altaïr stabs him]]. |
| 418 | * {{Jerkass}}: Taunting an old man about [[spoiler:his son's murder]] is certainly cruel. |
| 419 | * KickTheDog: Before executing [[spoiler:Sef Ibn-La'Ahad]], Swami taunted and lied to him by claiming his own father had ordered Swami to kill him. He later mocks [[spoiler:Altaïr]] by telling him this, [[TooDumbToLive which ends exactly how you would expect it to]]. |
| 420 | * NumberTwo: Abbas' right hand man. |
| 421 | * OnlyOneName: It's just "Swami". No family name. |
| 422 | * TooDumbToLive: When Altaïr goes to hand over the Apple of Eden to him, Swami taunts him by telling him that he killed Altaïr's son (and made him believe Altaïr had ordered it). As Altaïr is still holding the Apple at this point, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath this ends exactly as you'd expect]]. |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Niccolò Polo]] |
| 426 | !!Niccolò Polo |
| 427 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 428 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' ??? (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Anton Morozov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | A Venetian merchant and explorer, and the father of the famed explorer Marco Polo. He met Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in 1257 and joined the Assassins shortly thereafter. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * {{Determinator}}: Determined to retrieve the lost codex. |
| 433 | * MyGreatestFailure: Losing Altaïr's codex hits him hard, and he undergoes two lengthy trips to the Mongol Empire to retrieve it, with the second one succeeding. |
| 434 | * PassingTheTorch: Altaïr tells him and Maffeo his story and inducts them into the Assassin Order to carry his legacy on. It is Lampshaded by Niccolò: |
| 435 | -->''"Altaïr means us to spread the word of the Assassin, that is his plan. And not just spread the word but set up an Order in the west. Shame on me for taking so long to work it out, but now that I have, all seems clear: to us (specifically to me, it seems), he is entrusting the spirit of the Brotherhood. He is passing the torch to us."'' |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
| 437 | |
| 438 | [[folder:Maffeo Polo]] |
| 439 | !!Maffeo Polo |
| 440 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 441 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' ??? |
| 442 | |
| 443 | Niccolò's younger brother who joins the Assassins alongside him. |
| 444 | ---- |
| 445 | * PassingTheTorch: The ''Revelations'' mission featuring him and his brother is even named as such. |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
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