List of Assassin's Creed characters

This is a list of recurring characters with major contributions in the Assassin's Creed series. Note that while many of the characters are based on actual historical figures, some of them are fictional.

The Assassin Order
"Laa shay'a waqi'un mutlaq bale kouloun moumkin. ("Nothing is true, everything is permitted")''"

- The Assassins's Creed

The Assassins are the anti-heroes and main protagonists of the series. The Assassin Order, also known at various times as The Brotherhood, during the pre-Industrial eras; Liberalis Circulum (Circle of Liberals), during classical Roman times; or Hashshashin (users of Hashish ), during the High Middle Ages, was an organized order of assassins. The Assassins, if not the order itself, had existed since the dawn Ancient history (at least 456 BCE), throughout the Roman Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and into the 21st century.

""Do we bend the rules in service to a greater good? And if we do, what does it say of us?" […] "Though I ask my brothers now to abandon their rituals, I do not ask that they abandon the Creed. THIS is what makes us Assassins. Not the removal of a finger. Not a false promise of paradise. Not the prohibition of poison. Our duty is to the people, not to custom." […] "Our Creed does not command us to be free. It commands us to be wise.""

- Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad

The Assassins provide swift justice to those who believe they are above the laws of nature and society, and believed that they fought on the behalf of those who did not possess the abilities, resources, or knowledge to speak out against those who abused their power. However, in order to ascertain which death might best assist the Assassins' goals, extensive political knowledge was required for target selection. Thus, the Assassins endeavored to remain in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding them.

""Give a man a chance to act honorably, without manipulation, and he usually will. For the sake of humanity, we have to believe that." […] "When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything." ""

- The Mentor

Branded as 'outcasts', the Assassins were mostly feared by the general populace, due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public before many witnesses, as their primary method of ensuring peace — so as to bring fear into the hearts of those who might abuse their power or corrupt the innocent — before vanishing into the crowd without a trace. They are the sworn enemies of the Templars', against whom they fought a continuous, recondite war, throughout the entirety of recorded human history. Whereas the Templars' sought the power to save humanity from itself by controlling free will, the Assassin Order fought to ensure the survival of libertarianism and individualism, as it allowed for the progression of new ideas and the growth of individuality. The Templar's are convinced that people must be conditioned, controlled, led, coerced, regulated, or nudged to do the right thing; the "right thing" being determined by The Templar’s idea of truth and imposed by force on others for the good of society. The Assassins' fundamentally disagree with The Templar's philosophy of "social conditioning"; they believe this only causes people to live a life where they are sheltered or protected from the consequences of their actions, and therefore never learned how to be better -- to live up to their own potential. From the Assassin's perspective, the solution is not to impose rules based on Subjective Reality, but to allow Nature Law to take its course; that responsibility and self-control earned through experience are the best teachers.

The Creed
To understand the Assassins, it is important to understand The Creed: it is the underlying motivation of every Assassin throughout the Order's history. The order believed in a strong set of values that strictly governed their way of life. Ezio Auditore once spoke of the maxim at length with Sofia Sartor, who found it rather cynical. However, he told her that the maxim was not a doctrine to be followed, but merely an observation of Objective Reality in the world.

""Where other men blindly follow the truth, remember, nothing is true" […] "Where other men are limited by morality or law, remember, everything is permitted" […] "We work in the dark, to serve the light. We are Assassins" […] The wisdom of our Creed is revealed through these words. It is an observation of the nature of reality. To say, 'nothing is true', is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say, 'everything is permitted', is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic. […] It is a call to arms encouraging us to remove the shackles of our social conditioning by recognizing that “Nothing is true; Everything is permitted”, and thus have the strength of will and character to challenge the oppressions' of our age."

- Ezio Auditore da Firenze

This Creed consisted of three tenets: "Stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent..."; "Hide in plain sight, be one with the crowd..." and "Never compromise the Brotherhood." With few exceptions, breaking any of these tenets of the Creed led to the swift execution of the Assassin involved. These tenets permeated every aspect of the Assassins' daily life, as well as their fight for "pursuit of harmony through free will" and "peace in all things". Throughout history, that usually meant killing anyone who became too powerful or greedy; in modern times, it means subversion of established regimes and changing the system from within. The Assassins carried out their duties through politically strategic assassination, in the hope that killing one individual would lead to the salvation of thousands. Through his observations, Altaïr describes the inherent contradictions and hypocrisy between the Creed, and the actions of the Assassins who followed it.

""The Assassins seek to promote peace, but commit murder." […] "The Assassins seek to open the minds of men, but require obedience to rules." […] "The Assassins seek to reveal the danger of blind faith, yet practice it themselves." […] "Though seemingly hypocritical, the ironies did not undermine the Assassins' cause. Rather, they demonstrated the way in which they embraced contradiction – they embraced diversity." […] "That one may be two things – opposite in every way – simultaneously." […] "A child of two worlds.""

- Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad

There are three known historically citable sources for “Nothing is true, everything is permitted”. The first is the 1938 novel ‘Alamut’ by the Slovene writer Vladimir Bartol which was the basis/inspiration for the first Assassin’s Creed game. Strangely, the novel was not translated into English until 2004. The game itself appeared three years later. The next source is a quote mistakenly attributed to the 1880 novel ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "If God doesn't exist, everything is permitted". The exact phrase, “Nothing is true, Everything is permitted” appeared that same year as “Nichts ist wahr, Alles ist erlaubt”, in ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ by Friedrich Nietzsche. This term may have been a reference to the third philosophical branch known as Ethics, which concerns itself with human activities: Those actions with a positive outcome are good and those with a negative outcome are bad; it is impossible to determine right action from wrong action without considering the context. That is where the first two branches come in, Metaphysics (what is reality?) and Epistemology (what is knowledge?). Together, these two branches pose the ultimate question in all of philosophy, “What is Truth?” If there is no Truth, then there are no moral limitations to action and thus is every action permitted. Thus "The Assassin's Creed", may be philosophical comment on the denial of Subjective Reality and its power over people's ability to engage in free will to act; this is not only important to humanity in general, but particularly to the Romantic, since individualism is built upon volition and fettered volition is not true freedom at all but a form of slavery.

Desmond Miles
Desmond Miles (voiced by Nolan North and modeled on Francisco Rendez) (1987-2012) is the main protagonist of the series. He is the descendant of three key Assassins: Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and Ratohnhaké:ton. Desmond grew up hiding from Templars with his assassin family. However, he soon became disillusioned with his life and escaped. The Miles family has a highly multiracial lineage, with European (British & Italian), Middle Eastern (Syrian), and Native American (Mohawk) roots.

Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger
Marcus Junius Brutus The Younger (early BCE June 85 – late BCE October 42), more commonly known simply as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic, and a member of the Roman Republic Order of Assassins. Most notably, Brutus held a leading role in the assassination conspiracy against the consul Gaius Julius Caesar.

Brutus was born of Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder and Servilia Caepionis. His father was killed by Pompey the Great after having taken part in the rebellion of Lepidus, and his mother would later become Julius Caesar's mistress. Some sources refer to the possibility of Caesar being Brutus' real father. Sometime prior to 45 BC, Brutus became a member of the Roman Senate, as well as the Assassin Order. Many of his Assassin brothers also shared his role as both senator and Liberatore. Around 45 BC, many senators began to fear Caesar's growing power following his appointment as dictator, and the Assassins began to plan bringing about his downfall. Around this time, they also discovered that the SPQR was secretly a Templar organization.

For some time, Brutus' dreams were haunted by a mysterious cavern that he found himself compelled to find. Eventually, he was led to discover the sealed First Civilization vault, hidden beneath what would eventually become the Santa Maria Aracoeli. As he had been assigned by Gaius Cassius Longinus as the one to come of with the plan of assassinating Caesar, Brutus designated the temple preceding the vault as a meeting place for his co-conspirators. Whenever his fellow Assassins left after their council meetings, Brutus would explore the cavern on his own, coming across what had supposedly drawn him to the location, "Whispers. Lights flickering through cracks in the earth. A doorway that is also a puzzle." Eventually discovering how to gain entrance to the vault, Brutus was struck to awe by "phantom radiance" of the otherworldly architecture, and found the "very pillars of [his] beliefs toppled." Upon approaching and activating the vault's pedestal, Brutus was shown Rome in flames; the aftermath of Caesar's assassination, which ultimately drove him into action. Brutus would later write several scrolls describing his dreams and discovery of the vault, as well as include drawings of the chamber and its pedestal. Following the assassination of Caesar, Brutus also returned to the temple to store these scrolls, as well as his heirloom armor.

Inspired and encouraged by the visions he had seen in the vault, Brutus devised the plan for the assassination alongside forty of his fellow Assassins and senators. As dictated to him by his visions, Brutus scheduled their attack for the Ides of March. That day, however, Caesar's wife attempted to convince him not to attend the Senate, delaying his arrival and leading the Assassins to fear that the plot had been found out. Brutus persisted nevertheless, waiting for Caesar at the Senate, and upon his eventual arrival, they attacked him. Caesar resisted at first, but resigned himself to his fate upon recognizing Brutus, and was eventually killed, "stabbed twenty-three times by his own countrymen, many of whom he once considered friends." Driven to severe guilt from his actions, Brutus later returned to the Colosseum, and abandoned the dagger he had used to strike down Caesar within the vault.

After the assassination, the Senate passed an amnesty on the Assassins, which was proposed by Caesar's friend and co-consul Mark Antony. Nonetheless, uproar among the population caused Brutus and the other Assassins to leave Rome. Brutus settled in Crete from 44 to 42 BC, but was later defeated in battle and upon fleeing, committed suicide. After Brutus' death, his followers gathered in Philippi, Macedonia, and tried to use the Shroud of Eden to bring him back. However, the Shroud was not capable of such restoration, and though Brutus opened his eyes and moved, he did not appear to breathe, and eventually fell still in a seeming second death.

Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad, (Arabic: الطائر ابن لا أحد (aṭ-ṭāʾir ibn lā ʾaḥad) "The Eagle, Son of No One") (voiced by Philip Shahbaz in Assassin's Creed and by Cas Anvar in Assassin's Creed: Revelations and modeled on the face of Francisco Randez) (1165–1257) usually known by the mononym Altaïr, is the main protagonist of Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles, Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade and the primary supplemental character in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is an Assassin, whose birthday is January 11, 1165 and who lived during the third Crusade. The name Altaïr (الطائر) means "The Bird" in Arabic and is subject to a huge misunderstanding by people who want to believe it means "The Eagle". However, in Arabic, al-Nisr (النسر) is the correct translation of the eagle. The name ibn La-Ahad means "Son of no one" in Arabic, although the accuracy of the translation is heavily questioned. Additionally, Ben Reeves of Game Informer adds that the "name of the top assassin [...] is also the name of a star in the constellation Aquila – Aquila being another name meaning eagle.  Not coincidentally Ezio is the Italian form of a Greek name that also means "eagle".  Altaïr is an ancestor of Desmond Miles.

In Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles, the year is 1190, and the Third Crusade is engulfing the Holy Land. Crusaders clash with Saracens for control of the Holy City. The game takes place before the events of the original Assassin's Creed; Altaïr is tasked by Al Mualim to find and retrieve a sacred object: the Chalice. It is said to have the power to unite under one flag all the factions of whatever side possesses it – either the Crusaders or the Saracens – and end the Third Crusade in victory for one side or the other. But the Chalice is too powerful an object to be left in the hands of men alone – it must be found and destroyed quickly. After learning that the Chalice is kept in Jerusalem, Altaïr manages to arrive before the Templar leader, Lord Basilisk. There, he successfully rescues the Chalice from a group of Templars. There it is revealed that the Chalice is a woman named Adha, the woman Altaïr knew and had feelings for before the events of game. From her, he learns that the Templars have paid off Harash, the second-in-command of the Assassins, to betray the Brotherhood. Altaïr then plans to attack Alep (the assassin fortress), kill Harash, and run away with Adha – but after making his way through Harash's assassin guards and killing him, Adha is kidnapped by Basilisk and taken to the Templars' port in Tyre.

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines takes place between the events of the original Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II. The game is set on the island of Cyprus, taking the player to two of its cities, Limassol and Kyrenia. Altaïr has traveled to Cyprus from the Holy Land (the setting of the first game) in order to assassinate the last remnants of the Templars. Bloodlines includes more face time with Maria, the female Templar that was spared by Altaïr in Assassin's Creed. Altaïr captures Maria as a prisoner, but she escapes, before being captured again by Altaïr. In the novel Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade, Altaïr and Maria's relationship is more fully explored. They are married and have two sons: Darim and Sef.

In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Altaïr creates a massive library hidden beneath the Masyaf fortress that supposedly has information that can tilt the scales in the war between the Templars and the Assassins. Ezio discovers that the door to the library is sealed by five locks, and that five 'Masyaf keys' must be found in order to open the library. Whenever Ezio finds a Masyaf key, he inadvertently accesses one of Altaïr's memories – deliberately stored inside each key. As Ezio discovers more keys, the memories inside them are further along in Altaïr's life; for example, in the final key, there is a memory of Altaïr in his early 80s, returning to Masyaf to kill Abbas. When Ezio finally enters the Masyaf library, however, there are no books nor writings in the library. There is only the skeleton of Altaïr, holding the sixth Masyaf key, and the Apple of Eden on a pedestal at the back of the room. Ezio chooses to leave the apple, having "seen enough for one life".

Altaïr was chosen by the Guinness World Records to be 30th top video game character. IGN nominated Altaïr for their "Stars' 2007 Badasssss!" award; Additionally, IGN's Jesse Schedeen listed Altaïr as one of the fighters they'd have in their ultimate fighting game, saying he was a slightly more realistic and efficient version of the Prince from Prince of Persia. However, IGN, using results from a reader's poll and comments, also listed Altaïr as the 9th most overrated video game character, comparing him to a "poor man's Prince of Persia" and saying that he was a 2-D character who was very formulaic.


 * Other Appearances:
 * In Academy of Champions: Soccer, Altaïr appears as a playable character.
 * In the video game The Saboteur, the player can obtain an Altaïr trophy.
 * In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, player-character Solid Snake can disguise himself with Altaïr's outfit.
 * In Prince of Persia, Altaïr's outfit is unlockable for the Prince to wear.
 * Altaïr's outfit also appears in Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.
 * In Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Altaïr's outfit is unlockable through a UPLAY download.
 * In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, there is an Easter egg which shows a dead Altaïr in a haystack.
 * In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Altaïr's outfit is available with the Lost Archive DLC and he appears as a playable character in certain missions.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze (voiced by Roger Craig Smith and modeled on Francisco Randez) (1459-1524) is the main protagonist of Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is a member of the Assassin Order and the leader of the Assassins in Italy in the time of the Renaissance.

Born June 24, 1459, Ezio was also an ancestor to both Desmond Miles and Subject 16 (aka Clay Kaczmarek). Ezio was unaware of his Assassin heritage until the age of 17, when his father Giovanni, a banker from high society, and two siblings: Federico, his older brother, and Petruccio, the youngest and a fan of feathers, were falsely accused of treason and hanged. Directly before that event, Ezio arrived at his house and, following his father's instructions, found a hidden room with a chest filled with assassin robes (including a sword and a broken hidden blade). Ezio, because of his adventurous lifestyle, was already extremely agile and was taught how to fight, unlike Altaïr. Seeking revenge, he escapes with his mother and sister to the Tuscan town of Monteriggioni held by his uncle, assassinating Uberto Alberti (who had betrayed his family) in the process. In liberating Roma (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood) from Borgia control, he helps to spread the Renaissance and the Assassin ideals of independence and thought throughout Italy. In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ezio finds a letter written by his father a year before his birth and has another adventure.

Shortly before the death of Rodrigo Borgia (in Brotherhood) in 1524, Ezio is pronounced "The Mentor", or "Il Mentore", of the Italian Assassin Order.

Although Desmond is related to both Altaïr and Ezio (and can therefore access their memories), Ezio is not a direct descendant of Altaïr and comes from a different bloodline, although in "Revelations" Ezio clearly says he must follow his ancestors memories implying that the two might be related. Instead, Desmond is the "convergence of a lot of special bloodlines rather than one diluted bloodline." Like both Altaïr and Desmond, Ezio has a crescent scar on his mouth, which he got during the first memory of Assassin's Creed II when Vieri De Pazzi threw a stone at him.

Ezio's costume is unlockable in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Final Fantasy XIII-2 as well as in LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation 3 and PowerUp Heroes for Kinect on Xbox 360; his signature hood (under the name the "Dashin' Hashashin" ) was presented as promotional headgear to Team Fortress 2 players who had pre-ordered Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Ezio also appears as a guest character in Soulcalibur V. His voice actor in the Japanese version is Tomokazu Seki.
 * Other Appearances:

Shào Jūn
Shao Jun (voiced by Angela Galuppo) (1505 - unknown) was a member of the Chinese Assassin Brotherhood. A former concubine of Emperor Zhèngdé, she was rescued by the Assassins after the emperor's death, and devoted her life to the Order as a result. After some time, Zhèngdé's successor, Jiajing, ordered a purge of those who opposed him, which included the Assassins. Following the Order's decline in China, Jūn and her Mentor fled west to seek out the Italian Assassin Mentor, Ezio Auditore da Firenze.

Shào Jūn had the desire to learn, specifically about how the Assassin Order functioned and lived their lives. She searched for information when none was given to her, even going against the wishes of others just to learn, as evidenced by her invading Ezio's study. She was sincere about wanting to understand her Order, and took Ezio's lessons and lectures to heart. She remained restless and on-guard at all times, keeping a close eye on her surroundings for any possible threats; often staying up at night and preparing for an attack instead of sleeping. She also loved to meet and learn from new cultures and societies, often excited about the opportunity to understand people with different nationalities from her own.

Shào Jūn wielded a Chinese jian as her primary weapon, with rope darts and throwing needles tucked under her bracers as secondary weapons. Accompanying this, Jūn also had a hidden blade under her right foot, which she used in tandem with her acrobatic skills against enemies. She was extensively trained in combat by the Order, and was an adept and agile fighter, with her fighting style being heavily reminiscent of the Chinese martial art of Wǔshù, which involved ample flexibility and knowledge in both unarmed and sword combat. Jūn's arsenal of weapons were also fitted for her style of combat, as they were light yet deadly. To lower suspicion in public areas, she concealed her weapons in her attire, save for the jiān, which she kept sheathed across her back.

Ratonhnhaké:ton
Ratonhnhaké:ton ("Ra-doon-ha-gay-doon"; life that is scratched, referring to a struggle to survive. ) (voiced by and modeled on Noah Watts) (1756 - unknown), also known as Connor (adopted name), is the main protagonist of Assassin's Creed III, which is set between the years 1753 and 1783. Born in Colonial America to an English father, Haytham Kenway, and a Mohawk (Kanien'keha:ka) mother, Kaniehti:io. Ratonhnhaké:ton was raised by his mother among the Kanien'keha:ka during the Seven Years' War.

Ratonhnhaké:ton's village was attacked and burned to the ground, which is how he gained incentive to seek justice and fight tyranny, coming across the Assassin's Order. Ratonhnhaké:ton was trained by a former Mentor named Achilles Davenport, who named him Connor (after his son) in order to mask his mixed ethinicity. Ratonhnhaké:ton was skilled at climbing and maneuvering from trees and mountain cliffs with the same as in a traditional urban environment; was skilled at naval warfare, being the captain of the Assassin Navy's flagship, The Aquila; and was skilled at foraging, tracking, hunting, skinning animals, then selling their pelts, due to his Iroquois heritage. In combat, Ratonhnhaké:ton employed predator-style maneuvers, martial arts techniques and stealth tactics, and was capable of wielding many weapons; including the signature double-hidden blade, capable of rotating out into a wield-able knife on his left hand; dual-flintlock pistols and muskets; poison and rope darts; smoke bombs and trip mines; clubs, swords, daggers, throwing knives; spears and heavy weapons; a bow and arrows; and, most noticeably, a unique tomahawk with its blade shaped as the Assassin insignia. During the American Revolution, Ratonhnhaké:ton found himself allying with important key figures such as George Washington, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, Israel Putnam, General Lafayette, and many more.

Ratonhnhaké:ton's actions allowed his descendant, Desmond Miles, to find the key to the Grand Temple through the Animus and save Earth from the solar flare. He also eradicated most of the Templar Order's influence and control in Colonial America with his assassinations of their leaders. Along with this, his work in the Colonial cities of Boston and New York strengthened the Assassin Brotherhood with more recruits, as well as assist the people of the region. His support of the Continental Army lead to many victories, eventually allowing the Colonist to break off from the British. In the process though, his work allowed the Americans to force his people farther west, away from their homelands. As the Captain of the Aquila, he was a major contributor to the safety of trade-passages around the United States, Canada, and the Mediterranean Islands. As the owner of the Davenport Homestead's lands, he also helped several colonists that were experiencing hardships around the area. In addition, Ratonhnhaké:ton's life was made accessible to an unknown group through hacking, the Erudito Collective, and the anonymous team was able to learn about the history of the Assassin Order.

Since every Kanien'keha:ka name is unique, at the advice of their Mohawk cultural consultants, Ubisoft agreed not to trademark the name "Ratonhnhaké:ton". Contrary to several known Assassins who possessed connections to eagles, Ratonhnhaké:ton was more closely likened to a wolf.

Aveline de Grandpré
Aveline de Grandpré (voiced by Amber Goldfarb) (1747 - unknown) is the main protagonist of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. The child of a French merchant father and an African mother, Aveline lived in New Orleans, colonial French Louisiana, during the Seven Years War and the Louisiana Rebellion of 1768. Middle-class through her father’s wealth and her parents' plaçage marriage, Aveline became an assassin through her pity for the poor. Mentored by the ex-slave Agate, she joined the Assassins Brotherhood in 1759. Using social status to her advantage, Aveline easily moved between social strata just by altering her clothing; by doing so, she could alternate between the guise of a Lady, Slave, or Assassin, in order to alter conspicuousness. While it is well established that Ratonhnhaké:ton is an ancestor of Desmond Miles, evident by Desmond's ability to use the animus to relive Ratonhnhaké:ton's, exactly whom is reliving Aveline's life is yet to be clarified.

Her life was later used as a tool of propaganda by Abstergo Industries, which twisted and mounted her memories in order to show the Templars as a benevolent Order as opposed to a misguided Assassin's Brotherhood. However, Erudito, a hacking collective and opposition to Abstergo, managed to crack the code used by the Templars. Erudito used this to show the truth to some viewers, by among others examples, revealing unsweetened memories of Aveline about the cruelty of de Ferrer against the slaves of the Chichen Itza camp or the additional memories of the assassination of Madeleine after the seemingly rallying of de Grandpré to the Templars.

Aveline was a skilled free-runner, who was able to navigate with ease through the urban cityscape and natural landscape, such as the Bayou. Her fighting style included dual-wielding various weapons, including a whip, flintlock and musket firearms, swords and daggers, a blowpipe, a sugar-cane machete and Double-Hidden Blades. Aside from her weapons, Aveline possessed three disguises that she could make use of. Her Assassin outfit aided in combat and navigation, though it made her notorious, her Servant outfit allowed her to blend into the poorer masses of New Orleans and remain undetected, and finally, her Aristocrat outfit made Aveline highly noticeable, but it allowed her to use charm and bribery to achieve her goals. Along with her Aristocrat outfit came a parasol designed by her friend and ally, Gerald Blanc, that had the ability to shoot small projectiles from its tip. Accompanying this, Aveline possessed the sixth sense casually referred to as Eagle Vision, allowing her to identify enemies, allies, hiding spots and targets of immediate importance.

As she grew, Aveline developed into a strong-willed young woman, who began to notice the contrasts within society; such as freedom and enslavement, or wealth and poverty. She was torn between the different values that she had inherited from her parents, and as such, she formed her own, which included a vehement stance against slavery. As a consequence of her being pulled in either direction by the Assassins and Templars, she questioned whether fighting as an Assassin was the right thing to do or not. While in New York, she asked her fellow Assassin, Ratonhnhaké:ton, if he ever questioned their ideals; he responded without taking side with either faction, but rather explained that he trusted in his own abilities to distinguish right from wrong.

Nikolai Andreievich Orelov
Nikolai Andreievich Orelov was a Russian member of the Assassins and the Narodnaya Volya. He is the main protagonist of the comic Assassin's Creed: The Fall, and has thus far not appeared in any game. The son of Master Assassin Andrei Orelov, Nikolai joined the Order out of birthright rather than choice, and occasionally harbored some bitterness and resentment over his life being so fundamentally altered by forces beyond his control. He trained alongside Aleksandr Ulyanov, whom he quickly befriended. Nikolai's greatest failure was when Aleksandr was captured as part of the Pervomartovtsy. As Aleksandr was hanged, he indicated that Nikolai was guilty of not rescuing him. The following year, Nikolai attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander III, who was in possession of a Staff of Eden. Nikolai attacked Alexander on his private train. The intensity of the fight caused the train to crash. Nikolai barely escaped, and the Tsar's injuries contributed to his death six years later. Some time later, Nikolai and his wife, Anna, lost a child, intensifying Nikolai's bitterness, which his fellow assassins occasionally found disconcerting. In 1908, Nikolai was sent to Tunguska to retrieve the Staff from a Templar research facility. The facility was inadvertently destroyed when Nikola Tesla prematurely detonated his experimental mass destruction weapon, Nikolai was the only survivor. A small shard of the Staff was recovered by Grigori Rasputin, but eventually recovered from his corpse. After the Russian Revolution, Nikolai retired from the Assassins to start a new life in America with his wife and children. Nikolai's wife and daughter were arrested during the Palmer Raids and subsequently deported. Nikolai and his youngest son, Innokenti, lived a relatively isolative existence in the woods. In 1931, Nikolai is contacted by a fellow associate, Sergei, who tells him that the Assassins need him to return to Russia to be debriefed on his knowledge of the Tunguska event. Paranoid and mistrustful due to recent events, Nikolai attacks and kills Sergei, and is subsequently killed during the Assassins' retaliatory response.

Lucy Stillman
Lucy Stillman (voiced by and modeled on Kristen Bell ) (1988-2012) was a member of the Assassin's Order and former genetic memory researcher who worked for Abstergo Industries in the Animus project.

Lucy first appears at the beginning of the first game, as she and Warren Vidic argue about whether to leave Desmond in the Animus or pull him out during a fragmented memory sequence. Afterward, while Vidic explains to Desmond what the Animus does and what "genetic memories" are, Lucy explains Abstergo's goal in very broad and non-specific terms. Vidic wants to hurry Desmond along, seeing no reason to "coddle" him, but Lucy manages to convince Vidic that Desmond will be useless without time to rest from his experience.

During Desmond's time in the Animus, Lucy is his chief defender, pressuring Vidic to allow Desmond more time to rest. In breaks between Animus sessions, Lucy begins to warm to Desmond, and answers what questions she can about the Animus, Abstergo and Vidic. Lucy also mentions that Desmond was not the only person Abstergo was detaining; she, too, is an unfortunate captive. Abstergo tried to silence her to keep her from speaking publicly about the Animus, but her attackers were ordered to stand down by Dr. Warren Vidic. She claimed that he saved her life that day, and she told Desmond not to judge Dr. Vidic so harshly, as he was under a lot of pressure. After a few days, Lucy hides the access codes for Desmond's door in his wardrobe so that he can roam freely about the Animus chamber, and "forgot" her security pen on the Animus so that Desmond could access her e-mail account. Eventually, she reveals herself to Desmond as an Assassin, working undercover to learn more about Abstergo's goals. After Desmond successfully retrieves the suppressed memory sequence at the end of the game, Abstergo executives order Desmond's murder, but Lucy convinces them to keep him alive to extract more information.

Several hours later (Assassin's Creed II), Lucy returns and breaks Desmond out of the Abstergo facility, eventually escaping to an Assassin safehouse, where Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings are waiting with the "Animus 2.0", an improved and upgraded Animus machine of Rebecca's own design. They inform Desmond that they're going to attempt an unorthodox training regime: by using the Animus and the Bleeding Effect, they will try and "imprint" his ancestor Ezio's skills on Desmond himself, turning him into a master Assassin-by-proxy. Eventually, Abstergo tracks them to the safehouse, and the Assassins are forced to flee to a secondary facility in the north; on the way, Desmond goes back into the Animus to search Ezio and Altair's memories for any information that may help them.

Shortly thereafter, they arrive at Monteriggioni (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood), and establish their second base. There, Lucy continues to help Desmond through the Animus 2.0. After Desmond finds the location of the Apple of Eden through Ezio's memories, Lucy, Shaun, and Rebecca accompany him deep beneath the Colosseum, to a hidden vault where it resides. As Desmond holds the Apple, the goddess Juno takes control of him through it. She then forces him to stab Lucy, demanding a "sacrifice in order to be awakened". It is revealed in Assassin's Creed: Revelations that Lucy was apparently killed from the stabbing. She was given a funeral and buried in a cemetery just outside of Rome.

It is implied that Desmond and Lucy have feelings for each other during Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and is directly stated in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, making this partly why Desmond went into a coma.

Conversations during Assassin's Creed III suggest that Desmond, William, Shaun and Rebecca are aware of Lucy's betrayal. It can be presumed that Abstergo knows Lucy is dead. Some say that it is safe to assume Lucy's feelings for Desmond and her loyalty to the templars make her really a balanced double agent for both sides, not leaning on either side too much.

William Miles
William "Bill" Miles (voiced by and modeled on John de Lancie) is the father of Desmond Miles and de facto leader of the entire Assassin Order during the events of the games, having risen to the position following the death of the Mentor in 2000. William is the deuteragonist of the series although he is not encountered until the end of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Shaun Hastings
Shaun Hastings (voiced by and modeled on Danny Wallace) is a cynical, condescending and pessimistic member of the Assassin's team, specializing in research and information handling. Through conversations in Assassin's Creed II, Desmond learns that Shaun was interested in conspiracies from an early age, and developed a love of history. Though he was unaware of the existence of modern-day Templars and Assassins, he realized that there was some power-struggle going on. Shaun attempted to tell others about his findings, not realizing that the Templars would try to silence him. Fortunately, Rebecca Crane apparently "rescued" Shaun and recruited him into the Order. This is mentioned as being unconventional, as most Assassins were usually born into the Order, not recruited.

Rebecca Crane
Rebecca Crane (voiced by and modeled on Eliza Schneider) is a member of the Assassin's team. She is the creator of the Animus 2.0 – which she affectionately refers to as "Baby" – and provides technical support for the Assassins alongside her partner, Shaun Hastings. She appears to be an old friend of Lucy Stillman, although prior to the game, the two purportedly did not see one another for seven years, perhaps due to Lucy's internment at Abstergo.

In Assassin's Creed II, Rebecca serves as tech support for the Animus 2.0. She often leaves notes within the database entries that Shaun makes available for Desmond Miles while he is in the Animus, especially if the entries (i.e. about a particular structure) indicate the presence of a glyph or Assassin's tomb therein. The data module that Rebecca receives from Lucy with the records of the Abstergo version of the Animus allow Desmond to interact with the encrypted file Subject 16 left behind in Ezio Auditore da Firenze's memories. In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Rebecca can be heard talking to Bill Miles during Desmond's coma.

She returns in Assassin's Creed III, and travels with everyone to "the Vault". She, once again, helps manage the Animus, and helps Desmond along when he travels to a skyscraper in New York City, a stadium in Brazil, and helps him rescue his father from the Templars at Abstergo. Later on, after Desmond inserts all three of the power sources, she, along with Desmond, William, and Shaun, enter the heart of the vault, where Desmond can either free Juno, which saves the Earth, but will unleash her, or Minerva, who recommends they all wait in the Vault for the Earth to burn, so Desmond can help make a new age for the Earth. Choosing to side with Juno, he tells everyone else to leave, as they could be hurt when Desmond frees Juno. Rebecca and the others leave, without another word.

Clay Kaczmarek (Subject 16)
Clay Kaczmarek (voiced by Cam Clarke in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and by Graham Cuthbertson in Assassin's Creed: Revelations) (1982-2012), commonly known as Subject 16, was an Assassin abducted by Abstergo directly before Desmond Miles. Dr. Warren Vidic was responsible for pushing Subject 16 to the point of insanity. In the games Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, indirect references are made to the events immediately following Subject 16's insanity. The events are only revealed after finishing the first game.

After completing the storyline of Assassin's Creed, Desmond gains Altaïr's Eagle Vision via the "Bleeding Effect" from the Animus, which allows him to see more than is usually visible. At this point, he can use his new-found ability to see blood covering the walls and floor of the room with the Animus; the blood was used to create symbols and writings, indicating the end of the world in a variety of ways and making references to several different cultures. When Desmond enters his own room and uses Eagle Vision to view the wall behind his bed, he sees that it is almost entirely covered in blood and contains several more clues to what happened to Subject 16. Eventually it is revealed that Subject 16 felt his soul was being stolen and his mind shattered with so many memories of his ancestors, so he used his own blood to paint the clues before ending his life.

He is the playable character of "The Lost Archive" DLC. It is revealed he was an assassin sent to infiltrate Abstergo. He was meant to escape through the help of Lucy Stillman but was unsuccessful. No longer able to escape, he planned his suicide so that he would be able to pass his message to Desmond.

Modern Era (CE 1750-1985)

 * Notable events:
 * Industrial Revolution
 * World Wars (Seven Years' War, World War I, World War II)
 * Age of Revolution (Louisiana Rebellion of 1768, American Revolutionary War)
 * Imperialisms (Victorian era)

Notable assassin characters affiliated with various brotherhood of Colonial Assassin branches of the Americas, located in the thirteen colonies of British America, the French Louisiana and Canadian colonies of the Americas, and the Spanish Caribbean and Latin American colonies in the New World.

Agaté
Agaté (unknown - 1777) was a former slave who, following his escape from jail, became Mentor of the New France Assassin Order in the colonial French Louisiana. He is the secondary antagonist of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. Agaté personally trained Aveline de Grandpré, with whom he held a tempestuous relationship, as he disapproved of her impulsiveness, and when she acted without consulting him.

After uncovering the identity of the Company Man during her mission in New York, Aveline returned to the Bayou to consult her mentor, only to find that he was under the belief that she had been turned to the Templar cause. After defeating his pawns and coming from under the influence of his hallucinogenic poison, Aveline confronted him directly at the highest point of his homestead. After trying to convince him of her loyalty, she informed him that she had no choice but to kill him. But rather than be killed by Aveline, who he had earlier labeled as 'a monster' (referring to her mixed heritage), Agate turned to face her and fell backwards to his death, thus committing suicide in front of his student.

Although he appears on seldom occasions during the course of the game, Agate appeared to be a very experienced and invaluable mentor to Aveline, reminding her that her impulsiveness would lead to trouble. At times, he was harsh with her in his words, but only did such to help mold her into the Assassin that she later became. However, he also showed doubt in her loyalty to the Assassins, and on one occasion admitted to having a dream that she had turned her back on the Order. Despite all of his concerns, he seemed to genuinely care for his student, and viewed Aveline as his own child, having revealed that if he had pursued her mother, Jeanne, she could have very well been his daughter.

Agate appeared to be a skilled freerunner and climber; on an occasion when he requested his student to meet him in the heart of New Orleans, Aveline found him perched atop a church roof. Agate also possessed knowledge of voodoo, and made use of it on one occasion during the events of the game. When confronted by Aveline, he used a certain hallucinogen that hindered her ability to see and made lifeless practice dolls appear to be hostile and human, as well as creating the illusion that he could vanish and reappear a distance away.

Achilles Davenport
Achilles Davenport (voiced by Roger Aaron Brown) (1710 - early 1780's) was a Master Assassin and a Mentor for a span of time during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. The British Colonial America Brotherhood was founded by John de la Tour around the early 18th century after his arrival to the colonies.

Recruited in the mid 1730s, Achilles became the Mentor of the British Colonial Assassins in 1746, as he had a gift for both recruitment and organization. Achilles also strengthened the Brotherhood's ties with the Iroquois Nations. In 1763, he was tried by the Templar leaders after the branch was decimated to all but himself, during the aftermath of the French and Indian War. In a show of mercy, Achilles was allowed to live if he resigned his role as an Assassin and moved into the wilderness.

By 1770, Achilles resided at the Davenport Homestead. In that same year, he reluctantly recruited Ratonhnhaké:ton into the Assassin Order, and acted as his mentor thereafter. He provided Ratonhnhaké:ton with advice, and cautioned the younger Assassin whenever his ambition led him astray.

However, Achilles passed away: when Ratonhnhaké:ton discovered his body, there was a note to him Achilles' hand apologizing that he never got to say goodbye like he wanted to. A funeral was held on the cliff behind his mansion and while others put flowers on his coffin, Ratonhnhaké:ton put a Feather in honour of the Assassins. Ratonhnhaké:ton later went back to his grave and buried the amulet with Achilles making sure that nobody could find it but Desmond. The Davenport Homestead contained the graves of Achilles' two family members; his wife, Abigail Davenport, and his son, Connor Davenport, who both died of typhoid fever shortly after the French and Indian War. Achilles also rested there after he passed in the early 1780s.

François Mackandal
François Mackandal (unknown - 1758) was a Haïtian Maroon leader and the Mentor of the Assassins in the Spanish Colonial Caribbean. During his time as Mentor, he was a teacher to Agaté, who went to become the Mentor of the Assassins in the French colonies of America.

Gérald Blanc
Gérald Blanc was an accountant living in New Orleans during the end of the French and Indian War. At some point in his life, he became an associate of the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré. Later, he came to consider himself as an Assassin even if he lacked the physical training, referring to the Brotherhood as "our Order" when talking with Aveline.

Louis Mills
Louis Mills (unknown - 1754) was a crew-member aboard the Providence, which at one point sailed to early Boston from England, and a member of the Assassin Order. After Haytham Kenway assassinated Miko and stole his amulet inside the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Mills was assigned to follow Haytham on the Providence. During this time, Mills painted barrels of cargo and threw them into the ocean as the ship progressed, in order to provide a trail that another ship could follow. When Haytham was sent below decks by the captain, Mills was there to ambush him and tried to capture him. However, the far more experienced Haytham was able to kill Mills and escape.

Robert Faulkner
Robert Faulkner (voiced by Kevin McNally) (1715 - unknown) was an elderly sailor, and Ratonhnhaké:ton's first mate aboard the Aquila. Although he was the fourth generation in his family to become a sailor, he was first to be recruited into the Assassin Order. He began his career in the Royal Navy, but due to him not being able to purchase commissions, he left to work for the United Company of Merchants. Faulkner had been first mate aboard the Aquila at many times, including when it was nearly destroyed in 1768, and always refused to be promoted to captain. As he had a strong bond towards the ship, Faulkner had it towed to a location near Boston, and after the Aquila had been repaired through the funding of Ratonhnhaké:ton, he served on board as first mate once again.

Deborah "Dobby" Carter
Deborah "Dobby" Carter (1736 - unknown) was a member of the British Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins in the latter part of the 18th century, who lived in the northern district of the colony of New York. On recruiting Carter, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits to lure away selected guards whenever they were available.

Deborah Carter was born to Amos Carter, a local merchant in New York who came into heavy debt. To this, she turned to the streets at the age of ten, becoming an errand-runner and disguising herself as a boy to allow her to do so, taking on the nickname "Dobby". However, as a teenager, she had to drop her disguise since her body's growth had foiled it, though she kept the alias of "Dobby" and continued with her errand work, while also negotiating contracts between businesses. Accompanying this, Carter was known for looking out for the poor, often fighting merchants to ensure that they were not charging exorbitant prices. She met Ratonhnhaké:ton in the northern end of New York, where a famine had been affecting the population. As Ratonhnhaké:ton aided the citizens, she went on to discover that a Templar merchant had been hoarding provisions, causing the famine. With her help, Ratonhnhaké:ton assassinated the merchant, and she joined the Assassins afterwards.

Stephane Chapheau
Stephane Chapheau (voiced by Shawn Baichoo) (1743 – unknown) was a French taverner in Boston during the American Revolutionary War. He was aided by the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton when the British forces attempted to collect taxes from him, and was later recruited by Ratonhnhaké:ton as an apprentice. Subsequently, during the Boston Tea Party, he assisted Ratonhnhaké:ton by dropping crates of tea overboard with the other colonists. On recruiting Chapheau, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to send his recruits to assassinate selected individuals, as well as to have them call forth a riot from civilians.

Chapheau was born in Canada – near modern day Montréal. His father served as a cook for the French army, but was killed in the fighting at the Plains of Abraham, as he and many other untrained men were called to arms. After his death, Stephane took on work as a chef in Montréal, but moved to Boston in 1764. While Chapheau's personal letters indicated that he was looking for a less complicated life, he arrived right on the mark for the unrest that preceded the Revolutionary War. Fortunately for him, Stephane didn't really desire a quiet life – the tensions in pre-Revolution Boston suited him exactly.

It was around this time that Chapheau came across the Sons of Liberty, which he greatly supported, even participating in their 1765 protests surrounding the Stamp Act. He was also present when the crowds ransacked Governor Hutchinson's house in 1765, presumably egging them on. Also, by extension, he was to be one of the crowd that witnessed the Boston Massacre. While Stephane became somewhat notorious to beginning protests, he also caused trouble on different fronts; there were several recorded fines against him for public drunkenness and brawling, spanning between 1760 and 1780.

Jamie Colley
Jamie Colley (voiced by Marcel Jeannin) (1744 – unknown) was a member of the Assassin Order who lived in the western district of the colony of New York. On recruiting Colley, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits to ambush his targets at any given time.

Jamie Colley was born in 1744, to a dock worker James Colley, and an unknown mother. As a child, he was a student at Trinity School, reported to be a bright student. The instructors noted that he "was destined for great things". At the end of the three years, he apparently left school to start earning money, as Saun states that he disappeared from the school attendance rolls. His prospects didn't improve as a teen either. He was fined several times for the charge of vagrancy several times. He started doing odd jobs around New York for various local businesses, until he began working for a physician, where his intelligence was recognised as an asset. He worked for several years as his assistant.

After the Great Fire of 1776, he began working in the district affected by the fire, helping the homeless, disease-stricken populace. He recruited Ratonhnhaké:ton's help in this task. Ratonhnhaké:ton burnt infected blankets, killed rabid dogs, and carried smallpox victims to the clinic. When the Templars attacked Jamie's clinic, Ratonhnhaké:ton helped to defend it. Upon Ratonhnhaké:ton 's instructions, Jamie ambushed the leader and killed him. After this, Ratonhnhaké:ton recruited him into the Brotherhood.

Duncan Little
Duncan Little (1730 – unknown) was an Irish member of the British Colonial Assassins who lived in the northern district of the colony of Boston during the American Revolutionary War. Here, he was recruited by the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton. On recruiting Little, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits as bodyguards.

Little originally hailed from Ireland, and was the youngest son of a particularly large family. This was jokingly commented upon by Shaun Hastings in 2012 as "confusing", in regards to his surname. Later, Duncan entered into the priesthood at a young age, and was sent to Africa as a missionary in 1756. Little spent several years there, but in 1760, he returned to Ireland and subsequently left the priesthood entirely. However, the true reasons as to what motivated him to abscond the Church were unknown, since in 2012, Shaun was unable to access his records due to the Vatican having locked down their records entirely.

Following this, Duncan spent some time as a passenger on a ship to Boston in 1763. From his letters, it seemed as if his family more or less drove him away, due to his split with the Catholic Church. Little then settled in Boston's northern end, where he gained a reputation as a good mediator; fair and less expensive than going before the local judiciary. Due to this, when he wasn't spending time at the local drinking house, he was helping people to solve their problems, generally by talking them down from a fight.

During a conversation in one of Boston's taverns, he confesses to Connor he met Haytham long time ago, in London. He actually saw him kill Miko at the Opera as Duncan was only a child.

Clipper Wilkinson
Clipper Wilkinson (1756 – unknown) was a member of the Assassin Order who lived in southern Boston during the American Revolutionary War. He was also a noted sharpshooter, who had specialized in using a musket. On recruiting Wilkinson, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits to pick off a target from a distance at any given time.

Originally hailing from Virginia, Wilkinson spend his early years working as a surveyor and hunter on the frontier, before he moved to Boston after a falling out with his family, who had joined the British Army. Having heard the rumors about Ratonhnhaké:ton's battle against the British oppression, Wilkinson requested his help in finding the man responsible for organizing the forceful recruitment of young men to the British Army in southern Boston.

Ratonhnhaké:ton's efforts allowed Wilkinson to discover the man's identity, and he told Ratonhnhaké:ton to join him at a meeting where the man would come out in public to address the unwilling recruits. The two then worked together in assassinating the man, and following the aftermath, Ratonhnhaké:ton concluded that the man was a member of the Templars, upon which Wilkinson agreed to join the Assassins' cause against the organization.

Jacob Zenger
Jacob Zenger (1739 – unknown) was a German member of the British American Assassins during the American Revolutionary War, who was recruited into the Assassin Order by Ratonhnhaké:ton in New York. On his allegiance with the Assassins, Zenger allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton the tactic of using disguised recruits to escort him past guard patrols.

Jacob was born near to the town of Mannheim, in southwestern Germany. He was the son of a farmer, and one of thirteen siblings, though only four of his brothers and sisters would reach adulthood along with him. From there, Jacob married a woman named Wilhemina, of which the pair had one son. During a conversation with Connor, he revealed that the only reason he had left his family was because his wife was the strongest person he knew. As Zenger's family was poor and his career prospects were limited in Mannheim, Jacob followed the promise of a better life and signed up as a soldier. After several years in the service, he was shipped to New York, one of the Hessians sent to fight for the British in the Revolutionary War.

Like many of the Hessian troops, however, he left the service after coming overseas. Eager to reunite with his wife and son, Zenger bought a lot of land and left New York. However, after a string of crop failures, he was forced to move back to the city, taking up the only career that he could find to make ends meet - working as a bodyguard. Despite this, Jacob had been planning to bring them to the British American colonies, but waited because of the Revolutionary War and Assassin conflict. However, on receiving a letter about how strong his son had grown, Jacob sent them money they needed to come to America regardless, his excitement trumping his fears.

Early Modern Era (CE 1450-1750)

 * Notable events:
 * Age of Discovery
 * House of Borgia
 * Renaissance (CE 1350-1750)
 * Ottoman control of Constantinople

Yusuf Tazim
Yusuf Tazim (voiced by Chris Parson) is the deuteragonist of Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is the easygoing Master Assassin and Mentor of the Ottoman Assassin Brotherhood, rising to the post sometime before 1511 AD. That year, he met Ezio Auditore, and he introduced Ezio to Constantinople and the Ottoman hookblade. Ezio describes Yusuf as "affable". Yusuf often talks with humor, poking fun at Ezio or at Italians in general. Furthermore, he is an expert at crafting bombs and at combat. When Ezio returns from Cappadocia, he finds Sofia Sartor's shop in ruins and Yusuf murdered at the hands of Ahmet, a note knifed to his back. The message on the note is never revealed.

Haci Ahmed Muhiddin Piri
Haci Ahmed Muhiddin Piri (c. 1467 - c. 1554), more commonly known as Piri Reis for his legendary stature in the Ottoman Navy, was a famed admiral and cartographer. Unknown to most, Piri was also a member of the Assassin Order, and a Master Assassin of the Ottoman Assassin Brotherhood. Though not involving himself in missions of violence, Piri served the Assassins as a technician and intelligence gatherer, primarily providing them with materials and methods for crafting bombs. He was a trusted friend of the Turkish Assassin leader Yusuf Tazim, and also later befriended Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the Mentor of the Italian Assassin Brotherhood.

By 1513, Piri continued his work as a cartographer, and produced what would come to be known as his most famous map, which contained one of the earliest, accurate depictions of the eastern shore of South America. In around the 1550s, by the time he was 80, Piri had become a legend in the Ottoman Navy, and was officially granted the title of "Reis" or "Admiral." In Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, Christoffa Corombo's atlas contained a Piri Reis map, which was rescued from Templar hands by Ezio. In one of Abstergo Industries' dossiers, it was speculated that Piri's map of Europe was secretly a map of the First Civilization Temples.

Ishak Pasha
Ishak Pasha (unknown - 1497) was a Croatian or Greek who became an Ottoman general, statesman and Grand Vizier. He was also, secretly, the Master Assassin leader and Mentor of the Ottoman Assassin Brotherhood in Constantinople.

Ishak Pasha was largely responsible for the established peace between the Assassins and the Ottomans during the early 16th century, as well as being the individual responsible for finding and recruiting the future Master Assassin, Yusuf Tazim. In 1476, Ishak participated in the Ottoman military crackdown on a Hungarian uprising, defeating the rebel leader; a Templar named Vlad Tepes. 34 years later, Sultan Bayezid II entrusted Armor of Ishak Pasha to the Janissary Murat Bin Husn, who hid it in the Hagia Sophia to ensure its safety. However, some months later, the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, a man named Ezio Auditore da Firenze, found the scattered memoirs of Ishak Pasha, and used them to locate the armor from underneath the structure.

Claudia Auditore da Firenze
Claudia Auditore da Firenze (voiced by Angela Galuppo) (1461 - unknown) was a Florentine noblewoman during the Renaissance, and a member of the Assassin Order. She was the sister of Ezio Auditore, who became the Mentor of the Italian Assassins.

In 1476, Claudia became the financial accountant of the town of Monteriggioni, which was under the leadership of her uncle Mario Auditore. The town flourished with Claudia's organization and the money made from Monteriggioni's shops and organizations, which had been opened once more.

In January 1500, Monteriggioni was besieged and largely destroyed by the Borgia army, under command of Cesare Borgia, leaving the Auditore homeless. Against her brother's desire for Claudia and her mother Maria to go to their hometown of Florence, Claudia and Maria followed Ezio to Rome, where Claudia became the Madame of the Rosa in Fiore, the city's most popular brothel.

Eventually, after proving herself to be a worthy fighter to her brother, Ezio inducted Claudia into the Order of Assassins. The following year, Claudia was captured by Borgia die-hards, and subsequently saved by Ezio and Niccolò Machiavelli. During this time, she stepped down as the Madame of the Rosa in Fiore, and stayed in Florence with her friend Paola, in order to recover until 1507.

Claudia was given temporary control of the Italian Assassins in 1510, when her brother left on a journey to the Middle East to find the library of the legendary Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, which was said to be in Masyaf. She held this position until her brother returned in late 1512, after which Ezio resigned from the Order and assigned a successor.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (voiced by Shawn Baichoo) (1469 – 1527) is a supporting character of Assassin's Creed II and the deuteragonist of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. He was an Italian philosopher and writer, and a member of the Assassin Order. Considered one of the main founders of modern political science, he was a diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and playwright, but foremost, he was a civil servant of the Florentine Republic.

With the Assassin Order, Niccolò primarily worked with his ally Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and helped him with driving the Orsi brothers from Forlì and with removing the monk Girolamo Savonarola from power in Florence to obtain the "Apple of Eden" - an ancient artifact - from him.

Two years later, Machiavelli took up the position of leader of the Italian Assassins, after the death of previous leader Mario Auditore. Once again joined by Ezio, they fought against the corrupted Borgia family, which ruled over Rome. Eventually successful in their goal, Machiavelli joined Ezio and Leonardo da Vinci in chasing Cesare Borgia in Valencia.

Machiavelli then focused on his duties in the Florentine government, leading the Florentine militia until he was defeated, arrested and deprived of office.

Mario Auditore da Monteriggioni
Mario Auditore da Monteriggioni (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) is the deuteragonist in Assassin's Creed II and a minor character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. He is a condottiero, ruler of Monteriggioni, Mentor of the Italian Assassins, and the paternal uncle of Ezio Auditore da Firenze. He was well known for his love of battle. Mario was born in 1434 to the wealthy Auditore family, and he got his first taste of battle when he was six. In 1454, after his father died and brother Giovanni left for Florence, Mario became the ruler of Monteriggioni. This was a position he held until 1500. In 1476, the Pazzi Conspiracy took the life of his brother and two of his nephews. His nephew Ezio, his sister-in-law Maria, and his niece Claudia all fled to Monteriggioni seeing refuge. It was he that taught Ezio the skills to become an assassin. They forged a strong bond and soon became inseparable. In December 1499, Ezio and Mario departed for Rome to seize the Apple of Eden from Rodrigo Borgia, also known as Pope Alexander VI. Ezio managed to acquire it and give it to Mario. In January 1500, Monteriggioni was attacked by the pope's son Cesare. Mario was killed by Cesare, and the Apple of Eden was taken. Ezio eventually got the Apple back.

Flavia Auditore da Firenze
Flavia Auditore da Firenze (voiced by Angela Galuppo) is a character in the short-film Assassin's Creed: Embers. She is the daughter of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and the next ancestor to Desmond Miles through that bloodline. She was present with her mother in Florence, when her father died of a heart attack.

Late Middle Ages Era (CE 1300-1450)

 * Notable events:
 * Black Death (CE 1348-1350)

Lukas Zurburg
Lukas Zurburg (28 October 1322 - unknown) was a German member of the Northern European Brotherhood of Assassins. Born in Essen, Lukas was recruited into the Assassin Order at the age of sixteen after a group of Assassins saved him from a thief, who tried to rob Lukas while traveling. Ten years later, the plague hit Essen, wiping out nearly half the town's population. Subsequently, a group called the Brothers of the Cross - a secret Templar organization - started traveling through Germany promising protection from the plague. Lukas suspected they were after the Ankh, an ancient artifact said to be located somewhere in central Europe.

In 1350, both the Brothers of the Cross and Lukas Zurbug mysteriously vanished. Lukas had two children with Martina Wagner; Christof Ison and Wolfgang Scholz.

High Middle Ages Era (CE 1000-1300)

 * Notable events:
 * Mongol conquests
 * 1st-9th Crusades (CE 1096-1272)

Qulan Gal
Qulan Gal was a member of the Mongolian Assassin Brotherhood, operating mainly in Mongolia. He was a renowned bowman, a skill which he was later hailed for by the Order. During the early 13th century, the conqueror Genghis Khan caused turmoil in Mongolia, quickly overtaking land, suspected with the usage of a Piece of Eden. As a result of Genghis Khan's tyranny, Qulan Gal swore to stand against him. Qulan Gal was one of the Order's most renowned Assassins due to his vital role in the assassination of Genghis Khan alongside Darim Ibn-La'Ahad.

At some point during 1217 and 1227, Qulan Gal came into contact with the Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, his wife Maria Thorpe and his son Darim Ibn-La'Ahad. In 1227, the four of them devised a plan to assassinate Genghis Khan in his camp near Xing-ging in Xu Province. While Qulan Gal and Altaïr went into the camp together, Darim covered them from a distance with his bow. However, Altaïr allowed himself to be seen and was attacked by a Mongol soldier, though Qulan Gal killed the Mongol before he could raise the alarm. Qulan Gal safely escorted Altaïr out of the camp and proceeded to make another plan with Darim. Qulan Gal and Darim then devised a plan to flush Khan out of his tent, and the latter did so after realizing the danger. Qulan Gal acted quickly and shot Khan's horse, causing him to fall off, killing him on impact. Darim shot the conqueror with his crossbow for assurance.

Qulan Gal's role in the assassination of Genghis Khan, allowing the Assassin Order to spread its influence, earned Qulan Gal great praise, and a statue of Qulan Gal was built in the sanctuary underneath the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni, Italy. By the time of the Renaissance, Qulan Gal's sarcophagus was moved to the Rocca di Ravaldino in Forlì, Italy.

Malik A'Sayf
Malik A'Sayf (voiced by Haaz Sleiman) (1165 – 1228) is the deuteragonist of Assassin's Creed.

Malik Al-Sayf was a member of the Assassin Order in Syria during the High Middle Ages. Raised to be an Assassin, Malik learned the fighting arts that struck fear into the hearts of their enemies. He was an excellent swordsman and a devoted acolyte to the Creed, as well as a caring adult figure for his brother, Kadar. He was once a rival of Altaïr, whom he often berated for disobeying the tenets of the Assassin's Creed. His jealousy turned to hatred when Altaïr ignored the tenets of the Creed, endangered his companions' lives during the events of Solomon's Temple, and subsequently botched a mission, resulting in the death of Malik's brother (Kadar A'Sayf) as well as the injury and subsequent amputation of Malik's arm. Malik retrieved the Templar treasure that Altaïr had failed to find, and delivered it to Al Mualim. No longer able to operate as an Assassin, Malik was made the bureau leader of the Jerusalem Assassins. At first he was bitter towards Altaïr, but over time he comes to forgive him and acknowledges his own fault in his brother's death. When Altaïr returns to confront Al Mualim, Malik supports him, distracting the indoctrinated Assassins while Altaïr faces Al Mualim.

After Al Mualim's death, Malik rushes to Altaïr's side as the piece of Eden becomes activated. Altaïr made Malik his close second-in-command after becoming the Mentor. As such, Malik was eventually appointed as a temporary leader in Altaïr's absence. Sometime after this, a hated rival of Altaïr's, Abbas Sofian, imprisoned Malik in Masyaf's dungeons for close to two years with false charges of murder, and had him beheaded when Altaïr returned from his quest across the Middle East. Malik's death occurred during 1228. He is not seen again for the rest of the series, but he is written off in Assassin's Creed II. Altaïr makes mention of his death at the hands of Abbas in Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

Abbas Sofian
Abbas Sofian (voiced by Nolan North in Assassin's Creed and by Yerman Gur in Assassin's Creed: Revelations) is an Assassin seen in the first game. Abbas is the main antagonist in the novel Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade and the main antagonist of Altaïr's story in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He comes off as being hostile towards Altaïr, calling him the Master's favorite. In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, it is revealed that Abbas blames Altaïr for the disappearance and disgrace of his father, Ahmed Sofian, despite being told early on by both Altaïr and Al Mualim that his father had killed himself so as not to disgrace the Creed, something Abbas refused to believe. After Altaïr's ascension to leader of the Assassins, Abbas does not comply and seeks to kill Altaïr. He failed, however and was forgiven by Altaïr. Abbas' character and role in Altair's life is expanded even further in Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade. Here, it is revealed that Abbas was Altaïr's best friend after the execution of Altaïr's father, Umar and Abbas' father Ahmed's suicide. They were always seen as being at each other's side and called themselves "Brothers" more than anybody in the Brotherhood. However, Abbas began to change and becoming more depressed. Thinking he was doing him a favour, Altair told Abbas that Ahmed had committed suicide in Altaïr's chambers after Umar's execution, although Abbas had believed that his father had just left the Assassin Order. This changed Abbas' personality for he rest of his and Altaïr's life as he was much more cynical and angry to Altaïr.

After Al Mualim's death, Abbas attempted to become the new Mentor to the Syrian Assassins but lost to Altaïr, increasing his hatred further. When Altair left Masyaf to fight Genghis Khan, Abbas's men killed Rauf, a close friend of Altaïr, Altaïr's son Sef was also murdered and Abbas pinned the blame on Malik, who was in temporary control of Masyaf in Altair's absence. When Altaïr returned and found Abbas in control, and Malik in prison for the murder of Sef (Malik himself was later murdered and beheaded by Abbas' right hand man, Swami), Altaïr was forced to exchange the Apple of Eden to Abbas. When Abbas' right hand man, Swami, took the Apple, it began to turn him insane and he began to cut himself up, slashing his knife around and in the process, killing Altaïr's wife, Maria by slitting her throat. This prompted a devastated Altaïr to kill Swami before fleeing Masyaf with his elder son Darim. With Altaïr gone, Abbas and his Assassins became little more than murdering bandits, Abbas himself becoming nothing more than a tyrannical coward. Upon Altaïr's return nearly 20 years later, many of the Assassins still loyal to Altaïr joined him, and Abbas was finally confronted by Altaïr himself for the last time. Abbas still hated Altaïr for everything that had happened between them and that he was the true defender of Masyaf, not Altaïr. However, refusing to give up, Altaïr tells him that because of Abbas, the Assassins had lost everything they gained with Abbas in control and that he had corrupted the Order. With this Abbas ordered his remaining followers to kill Altaïr. Then Altaïr raised his arm at his bitter cold rival, and the fortress echoed with the sound of an explosion. Altair had used his newly-designed pistol for the first time to kill Abbas. It was in his dying moments that he finally made peace with Altaïr and with the truth of his father's death. After the death of Abbas, Altaïr regained his title as Mentor of the Syrian Assassins.

Swami
Swami is an assassin and the secondary antagonist featured in The Secret Crusade and Altaïr's story in Revelations. When Abbas made a plan to overthrow Malik, Swami kills Sef (Altaïr's youngest son) and Rauf (one of Altaïr's friends). Swami later kills Malik by beheading him. Later, as Altaïr is handing the apple to Abbas, Swami reveals he told Sef that Altaïr ordered his execution. In The Secret Crusade, Altaïr forces him with the apple's power to violently mutilate himself and Swami accidentally cuts Maria's throat. In Revelations Altaïr starts to get him to cut his throat, but Maria distracts him, allowing Swami to intentionally stab Maria. Altaïr then kills him with the hidden blade.

Darius
Darius was a male member of the Persian Order of Assassins during the Achaemenid Persian Dynasty. In the 5th century BCE, the Templars supported the reigns and conquests of the Achaemenid kings Darius I and his son Xerxes I. Using a newly-created weapon named the hidden blade, which would later become the Assassins' iconic signature weapon, Darius personally assassinated King Xerxes I.

By the Renaissance, Darius' remains were transferred to the Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy, where his body lay with an Assassin Seal needed to get access to the armor of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad hidden inside the sanctuary in Monteriggioni. In 1478, his tomb was explored and sarcophagus was opened by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who took the Seal and later obtained the armor of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.

Iltani
Iltani was a female member of the Babylonian Order of Assassins during the Argead dynasty. During her lifetime, Alexander III of Macedon conquered most of South-West Asia by using a Piece of Eden. Some time prior to 10 or 11 June 323 BC, Iltani had poisoned Alexander the Great, who died as a result on 10 or 11 June 323 BC.

By the time of the Renaissance, Iltani's sarcophagus was moved to Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Fellow Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze explored her tomb and took the seal from her sarcophagus, which helped him to acquire the armor of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.

In the year 2000, a statue of Iltani stood in the office of the Assassin Order's Mentor in Dubai.

Wéi Yù
Wei Yu was a member of the Chinese Order of Assassins during the imperial Qín Dynasty of China, which was ruled by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, a Templar-backed tyrant who oppressed the people of China. In order to protect the people, the Assassins resolved that the land had to be freed from the Emperor's oppressive control. On September 10, 210 BC, during one of the Emperor's Eastern China tours, Wei Yu struck the Emperor with his spear, killing him.

By the time of the Renaissance, Wéi Yù's sarcophagus was moved to San Gimignano, Italy, on the top floor of the Torre Grossa. Fellow Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze would later explore his tomb and take the hidden seal from inside the sarcophagus, which would help him to obtain Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's armor.

Leonius
Leonius was a male member of the Roman Empire Order of Assassins during Italy's Julio-Claudian dynasty. The Assassins considered the Emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus's, commonly referred to as Caligula, a tyrant and the land had to be freed of him. On 24 January, 41 A.D. Leonius stabbed Caligula, killing him.

Between the time of his death and the Renaissance, Leonius' sarcophagus was moved to Venice, Italy, beneath Santa Maria della Visitazione.

Aquilus
Aquilus (?-259) was a Gallo-Roman member of the Assassin Brotherhood in Lugdunum, France, and a distant ancestor to Desmond Miles. He appears in the French comic, Assassin's Creed. Aquilus was the son of Lucius, an Assassin who raised him to be one himself. In 259, he was tasked with killing several Templars within the ranks of the Roman Empire, and retrieving a special object. He entered a Roman camp asking to see its commander, General Gracchus. He planned on killing the general, but he was thwarted, stabbed, and left to die. Aquilus woke up in the home of his cousin Accipter, who had found him and brought him to his home to help him recover. Accipter informed him of recent events, and said that he had the object and would return it after Aquilus recovered. As soon as Aquilus got better, Accipter gave him the object and he returned to his father.

Upon arrival, Aquilus was greeted by his father. He was then introduced to his father's old friend, Roman Senator Caius Fulvus Vultur. After dinner and the senator's retirement to his quarters, Lucius gave his son his next mission. He was to interogate and kill, Faustin, bishop of Lugdunum. He did so and learned Vultur was a Templar. He returned to his home only to find his father dead and the object stolen. Aquilus rode for Rome to kill Vultur in revenge for his father's death. He got into the senator's estate and killed all but one of his guards. The one guard he spared showed him to Vultur's chambers where he was killed accidentally by Vultur. Before he killed the Senator, he offered to share his knowledge about the artifact with Aquilus. The artifact was called the Ankh, and it was a Piece of Eden. According to Egyptian mythology, Isis raised Osirus from the dead with this object. After hearing this, he killed Vultur and returned to his home.

He and his wife had a night of intimay on his return. Then he accessed the piece and found a message from his father. However, it was interrupted by a group of Roman soldiers calling for his arrest. They marched him into a near by forest to execute him. Accipter tried to save him, but it was in vain because the soldiers panicked and Aquilus died as a result.

Amunet
Amunet was a female member of the Egyptian Order of Assassins during the Hellenistic period of the Egyptian Ptolemaic Dynasty. On 12 August 30 BCE, Amunet infiltrated Cleopatra VII's palace. There, she killed the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt using a venomous asp.

By the Renaissance, Amunet was respected as a great Assassin, and a statue of her was placed in the Assassin Sanctuary of Monteriggioni. Around this time, her sarcophagus was moved to the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy.

The Templar Order
"May the Father of Understanding guide us."

- The motto of the Templar Order

The Templars, are the anti-villains and main antagonists of the series. The Templar Order principally chose to infiltrate and control pre-existing political institutions, such as the Roman Senate; and the Byzantine Empire; during the Crusades the Templar's existed as the unusually conspicuous Order of the Knights Templar, while during the Renaissance, they were centered around the Papacy and the Borgia family. During the 20th and 21st centuries, the public face of the Order Abstergo Industries. A monastic military order-turned-corporate giant, which was formed during the prehistoric era. Much like the Assassins, the Templars have existed through the entirety of recorded human history. They are a secret society of people whose only goal is "save humanity from itself." To achieve their goal, the Templars plan to obtain the Pieces of Eden, which will allow them to control human minds.

""Even when your kind appears to triumph ... Still we rise again. And do you know why? It is because the Order is born of a realization. We require no creed. No indoctrination by desperate old men. All we need is that the world be as it is. And THIS is why the Templars will never be destroyed.""

- Haytham Kenway

The Templars control the flow of the modern world through political, scientific, cultural and economic means. The Templars sought to create a perfect world, although the means by which they aimed to do so - through force, control and the destruction of free will - directly contrasted the ideals of their sworn enemies, the Assassin Order. Because of this difference in ideology, the Templars became involved in a covert war against the Assassins, spanning centuries, with their opposition's motivating belief being that mankind should always have the ability to choose; to have the freedom of liberty, even if it meant accepting that humanity would always be flawed in their ways.

New World Order
The 'New World Order was the ultimate goal for the Templar Order, a concept of worldwide peace for humanity under the control and supervision of the Templars. For centuries, the Templars engaged in a secret war with the Assassins – who believed that humanity could achieve peace using free will – in order to achieve the New World Order. When the Templars founded Abstergo Industries in 1937, the company managed to manipulate and puppeteer many important political figures to pursue their own goals. Governed by the belief that humankind needed order, discipline, and control in order to mask its barbaric nature, the Templars planned to create a new world in which they possessed absolute control. The proclaimed new world seemed to be based on a utopian ideal, a world completely free of bigotry. However, the Templars also emphasized the establishment of a small geniocratic ruling elite, who would control all aspects of civilization; from culture and education, to military force and food distribution.

""Peace. Stability. A world where men live without fear. People desire the truth, yes, but even when they have it, they refuse to look. How do we fight this kind of ignorance?""

- Şehzade Ahmet

The Templars' rule would be one of authoritarianism and so-called "benign tyranny," as although they would systematically eliminate discrimination, racism, poverty, and the petty machinations of the warlords and princes of the time, they would simply replace that disordered chaos with their own arbitrary orders. At its core, the Templars' goal of order was very similar to the Creed of their enemies, the Assassins. However, the latter sought peace through the education of the people, rather than through their control.

The Great Purge
"The Great Purge" referred to an Abstergo Industries operation, with the intent to ensure the global eradication of the Assassin Order. After Daniel Cross, a Templar sleeper agent who had infiltrated the Order, was allowed to meet The Mentor of the Assassins in Dubai, CE 2000, he acted upon an impulse implanted into his brain by Abstergo to kill The Mentor.

""Cross. Your name will be Daniel Cross. Climb their ranks until you can go no higher - and STRIKE." […] "With the information retrieved from Cross, we now may mobilize tactical teams to initiate strikes on Assassin compounds globally.""

- Warren Vidic

Successful in his objective, Daniel returned to Abstergo's Philadelphia facility and revealed the locations of all the Assassin camps and safehouses he had come into contact with over the previous two years, after which Abstergo initiated "The Great Purge;" the elimination of the Assassin's global network. Nearly all Assassins within their compounds, including children, were massacred by military agents under order of Abstergo Industries. While the operation was a victory for the Templars, and the Assassins never recovered, Daniel had not visited a number of off-the-grid settlements, allowing them to remain unscathed; the few remaining Assassins were forced into hiding, and from then on, remained under the radar, operating in small four-man cells to avoid being tracked down and eliminated.

The Denver International Airport satellite accident, or simply the DIA satellite accident, was an incident that took place at Denver International Airport in the early 21st century, that resulted in a large number of casualties and the destruction of one of the First Civilization's Pieces of Eden – an Apple of Eden – which was held by Abstergo Industries at the time. Dr. Warren Vidic was responsible for preparing the final report for the incident, which indicated that the Abstergo Project Lead at Denver had killed everyone there before the company's clean-up crew had arrived. At least one civilian, believed to have been a baggage handler at the time, found out about the incident. By September 4, 2012, this survivor threatened to expose Abstergo's involvement in the event.

Rashid ad-Din Sinan (Al Mualim)
Rashid ad-Din Sinan, commonly known as Al Mualim (Arabic: "The Teacher") (voiced by Peter Renaday) or The Old Man of the Mountain, is based on the real-life Rashid ad-Din Sinan, the Persian Hashshashin leader in the Syrian town of Masyaf. He is eventually revealed to be the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed and one of the supporting antagonists in Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade. He was the Assassin's Mentor who secretly led a double life as a Templar; he was also seen as a wizened old man whom Altaïr saw as a father figure.

After Altaïr broke all three tenets of the Assassin's Creed in one mission, Al Mualim reduced Altaïr to the rank of an initiate, and gave him a list of nine men to kill in order for Altaïr to redeem himself and bring an end to the Crusade. In fact, Altaïr was killing "rival" members of the Templar Order so that Al Mualim could keep the Piece of Eden for himself.

Altaïr eventually assassinates the ninth target, Robert de Sablé, but with his dying breath, de Sablé tells Altaïr of Al Mualim's true plans. Altaïr returns to Masyaf to find that the citizens are being controlled by the Apple, wielded by Al Mualim. Al Mualim himself broke all three tenets of the Creed, leading to a fight between himself and Altaïr, and after a lengthy battle Al Mualim is killed by his student and Altaïr takes possession of The Apple. Al Mualim is back in Assassin's Creed: Revelations in one of the memories of Altaïr. In the memory, Altair burns Al Mualim's body on a pyre, ensuring that he [Al Mualim] can never return. This is a move that unnerves many of the other Assassins, but eventually Altaïr is forgiven and accepted as the new master.

Robert de Sablé
Robert de Sablé (voiced by Jean-Philippe Dandenaud) was one of the nine assassination targets assigned by Al Mualim for Altaïr to kill. De Sablé was a lieutenant under Richard the Lionheart, and Grand Master of the Knights Templar during the Third Crusade. He serves as the secondary antagonist of Assassin's Creed (although he is built up to be the main villain until his eventual assassination) and one of two tertiary antagonists (The other being Armand Bouchart) in Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade.

Born into a powerful family, Robert de Sablé was immersed from birth into nobility, though events during de Sablé's life are difficult to pin down; at some point he became lord and ruler of Briollay, France. Subsequently, de Sablé entered into the order of Knights Templar and reigned as their "Grand Master" from 1191 to 1193. During the 3rd Crusade, de Sablé and the Knights Templar laid siege to the city of Acre, which soon fell; throughout August 1191, they also recaptured many fortresses and cities along the Palestinian coast, which had been lost previously.

Grand Master of the Knights Templar, de Sablé follows a goal similar to the Assassins (in that he is attempting to end the war in the Holy Land). Al Mualim has no objections against him ending the Crusade, but is more against the way de Sablé attempts to do so—the Assassins would have people find peace themselves, but the Templar would force their "peace" onto others and attempt to control them.

Rodrigo de Lanzol y Borgia
Rodrigo de Lanzol y Borgia (voiced by Manuel Tadros) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Lineage, Assassin's Creed II, and Assassin's Creed: Renaissance.

Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503), born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja, was the leader of the Knights Templar during the Renaissance in Italy. He was elected Pope from 1492 to 1503 as Alexander VI. His enemies called him "The Spaniard" (due to his Spanish origins) while his Templar followers called him "Maestro" ("Master" in Italian and "teacher" in Spanish). He was one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his surname (Italianized as Borgia) became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era.

Borgia was elected Pope in 1492 and established his power in Rome; his true intent, however, was to gain access to the vault that lies under the Vatican, where, according to Borgia, God Himself rested. Borgia appeared as a minor character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which takes place in 1503, the last year of his papacy. He is killed after he is murdered by Casare, who is poisoned by Rodrigo only seconds before.

Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia (voiced by Andreas Apergis) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Cesare Borgia (1475 or 1476 – 1507) was the son of Rodrigo Borgia. During his childhood, Cesare (along with his other siblings) was raised by his father to become one of his personal weapons. However, he was naturally ambitious and aggressive; at age 18, when he sought his brother Juan Borgia the Younger's position as Captain General of the Papal Army (Cesare was a Cardinal at the time), he had his brother assassinated. After leading the army to many victories throughout Italy, Cesare developed extreme sadism and a lust for conquest, having the primary goal to unify all of Italy and conquer all of Spain. He later came to the absurd conclusion that he could not be killed by mortal men and that he would lead mankind into a new era, a belief that would stay with him for the rest of his life. In effect, he and his father were continually at odds. That he is rarely referred to as a Templar, the game suggests that he may have abandoned his Templar duty, conquering for the sake of his own ego. Near the end of his life he was imprisoned before escaping and raising an army for a last stand before being thrown off a wall by Ezio, ending his life.

Şehzade Ahmet
Şehzade Ahmet (voiced by Tamer Hassan) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

Şehzade Ahmet, born in 1465, was the eldest living son of Bayezid II and brother to Selim I. Sharing many characteristics with his father, he was believed to be the perfect candidate for the sultan's heir, even more so when he served as governor of Amasya. However, many of the Ottoman Empire (The Janissaries in particular) deem him to be an unfit ruler in times of war and times of peace. Furthermore, they do not see him as a traditional Sultan and thus do not support him. He sets up the unsuccessful ambush and capture of Prince Suleiman by Byzantine Templars, intending to have him rescued, subsequently making Ahmet appear to be a brave hero. His plans fail, but while Ezio is away in Cappadocia, Ahmet takes Sofia Sartor hostage and demands Ezio exchanges the Masyaf key for her. After the exchange Ahmet flees the city and Ezio follows him with Sofia. After Ezio catches up with him, Ahmet's brother Selim arrives. Selim proclaims his authority as the new Sultan and kills his own brother by strangling him and then tossing him off of a cliff.

Haytham Kenway
Haytham Kenway (voiced by Adrian Hough) is both a playable character in the first three sequences of Assassin's Creed III as well as the game's secondary antagonist (revealed at the end of Sequence 3).

Haytham Kenway (1725-1781) was the Templar Grand Master of British Colonial America who fathered Ratonhnhaké:ton. Born the son of an Assassin named Edward Kenway, he was taught the necessary skills to become a skilled Assassin and remained with the Order for a short period. When tragedy strikes his family, his allegiance wavers and he winds up being recruited into the Templar Order at a young age by Reginald Birch. In 1754, Birch orders Haytham to attend a play at the Theatre Royal in London to kill an Assassin named Miko who was thought to hold a key to unlocking the treasure of 'Those Who Came Before'. After completing the task, he was instructed to leave for Boston on the Providence with a list of Templars who were willing to help him in his new mission. During the trip, he helped avert a mutiny by killing the crew's ringleader, an Assassin named Louis Mills, who was placed on the ship with orders to avenge Miko's death.

Upon reaching Boston, he is greeted by Charles Lee, who proceeds to help him perform acts which aide him to gain the Templars' trust and solidify their presence in the colonies. With the treasure he seeks rumored to reside deep in the Frontier, in Mohawk territory, Haytham elects to gain their trust by killing a slave driver named Silas Thatcher and freeing his Native American prisoners. In the process, he meets a Mohawk woman named Kaniehti:io (Ziio for short) who agrees to help him find the fabled site of 'Those Who Came Before' under the condition that he kills General Edward Braddock, a former Templar who now threatens Native American lands. After successfully killing him during his Expendition, Ziio leads Haytham to a large cave where ancient inscriptions line the walls, marking the entrance to a large Temple. However, despite possessing what he thinks is the key, Haytham is denied entrance. Haytham expresses his disappointment and Ziio tries to comfort him, simultaneously expressing feelings for him which he reciprocates. It is presumed they make love in the cave before Haytham returns to Boston where he later formally inducts Lee into the Templar Order; the moment when the player realizes Haytham's true identity. Meanwhile, later realizing what kind of man Haytham is, Ziio returns to her village to give birth and raise her son alone.

Years later, Haytham is reunited unceremoniously with his son, Connor, and engages him in brief combat. However, seeing as their goals work towards the same end, he proposes that they work together; this being bringing Benjamin Church to justice. As they traveled together, Haytham shows shadows of feelings toward his son, even expressing disheartenment and sorrow upon hearing that Ziio had perished in an attack on their village years before. When they meet with George Washington, Haytham attempts to sway Connor to his side by showing him that Washington himself had been the one to authorize the attack on the village. Despite the hard truth, Connor refuses to join the Templars and later parts ways with his father. As they clash one final time in New York, Haytham is felled by Connor who stabs him in the neck with his hidden blade. Before he dies, Haytham admits that he is proud of his son, despite his ignorance.

Charles Lee
Charles Lee (voiced by Neil Napier) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed III.

Charles Lee (1732 – 1782) was a British soldier, and later, a General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War who allied himself with the Templar Order and its Grand Master, Haytham Kenway. It is implied that Lee sets fire to Ratonhnhaké:ton's village, killing his mother in the process where the then young Connor vowed to kill him. Many years later, during a meeting with George Washington, they meet again but failed to recognize him until after he gets falsely arrested for counterfeiting along with a Templar called Thomas Hickey. Sarcastically congratulating him for tracking him down, he frames him for a Templar plot to kill George Washington, but the plan is foiled when Washington is saved by Connor.

Years later, residing in Fort George for his "own protection", he is ordered to leave for Boston by Haytham, shortly before the latter's death. Succeeding him as the next Grand Master, he vows to make his tormentor suffer, only to end up being chased by him into a half constructed ferry that's set alight, being saved at the last minute when part of the ship collapses on the Assassin, wounding him in the hip. Using the opportunity to ask him why he continues to, "fight after all his allies have abandoned him", he is told that, "because no one else will", before being wounded in the side by him. Fleeing, he's finally tracked down by his pursuer to a tavern in Monmouth County, where they both share a bottle of whiskey, before being fatally stabbed in the chest by the vengeful Assassin. His medallion (the key meant for Desmond) is shortly afterwards, taken from his body and buried in the grave of Connor Davenport, Achilles' son and the namesake of his killer.

Alan Rikkin
Alan Rikkin is the CEO of Abstergo. He had sent several e-mails to Warren Vidic, one of which that details several Pieces of Eden that they believe to be nothing more than mythical tales, including The Holy Grail. Rikkin is possibly one of the three men standing in the conference room right after Desmond Miles finished the Altaïr project.

Dr. Warren Vidic
Dr. Warren Vidic (voiced by Philip Proctor) (unknown - 2012) is the head of the Animus project, arch-nemesis to Desmond Miles and the main antagonist of the series.

In Assassin's Creed I, Vidic does not care about the Animus test subjects; his only goal is finding the Pieces of Eden, whatever the cost. He forced Subject 16 into reliving many of his ancestors lives in a bid to find the Apple; this resulted in Subject 16 losing his sense of self as the "Bleeding Effect" overcame him and drove him to insanity and suicide. As a result, Vidic is begrudgingly more lenient towards Desmond, granting him more frequent breaks on Lucy's behalf.

In Assassin's Creed II, Vidic makes a brief appearance during the game's ending, when he locates the Assassin hideout. Trying to recapture Desmond, he tries to make Desmond come peacefully and comments about Lucy's betrayal, telling her about the pain that he was forced to inflict on the Animus subjects as a result. After Desmond and Lucy defeat the Abstergo guards, Vidic says that Desmond should enjoy his "temporary victory", and escapes in an Abstergo van.

In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, he makes an appearance during the multiplayer introduction cutscene giving an introduction speech to Abstergo employees about the use of the Animi (plural for the Animus) and its true purpose in exterminating the rest of the Assassin Order. Part of this scene is reused in the introduction of Assassin's Creed: Revelations and he eventually ordered his Master Templars (including Daniel Cross) to capture William Miles.

Vidic's final appearance was in Assassin's Creed III and once again served as Desmond's arch-nemesis and main antagonist. When Vidic's Templar agents successfully captured William Miles, Vidic sent Desmond Miles and his team a video proposing his demands: Give him the Apple of Eden and William would be returned to them safely. Despite the fact that William would tell the team to forget him, Desmond decided to rescue his father and kill Vidic once and for all.

Once Desmond arrived at the Abstergo facility in Italy, Vidic ordered him to come in peacefully. Desmond refused, killing any security guards who crossed his path while Vidic would taunt him on a loud-speaker throughout the facility. In retaliation, Warren sent Daniel Cross to deal with the Assassin threat. But once Cross had Desmond cornered, he began to suffer from the Bleeding Effect and fled trying to deal with his mental breakdown. Vidic, frustrated with Desmond, stated that he was no longer an asset to Abstergo and authorized the guards to kill him on sight. Meanwhile, Desmond pursued Cross through the Animus Training Facility and killed him. Vidic was furious at Cross's death, screaming that the Assassins only took while Templars gave the world order and peace.

Eventually Desmond reached Vidic's office, where his father sat surrounded by armed guards. Vidic demanded that Desmond to hand him the Apple. Desmond reached out with the Apple in his hand, but instead of giving it to Warren, used its power to manipulate everyone in the room. As Vidic pleaded for the last time, Desmond influenced one of guards to turn his gun on Warren, shooting and finally killing him before commanding the remaining guards to kill themselves.

Daniel Cross
Daniel Cross (voiced by Danny Blanco-Hall) (1974 - 2012) was a Templar sleeper agent and descendant of Nikolai Orelov responsible for infiltrating and killing the Mentor of the Assassins in 2000, which nearly destroyed the Brotherhood Order, and later became Abstergo's top field agent. He is Desmond's foil/counterpart and secondary antagonist in Assassin's Creed III. He and Desmond would cross multiple times when Desmond would try and recover power sources for the Grand Temple around the globe. Daniel would always be one step ahead of him but would be defeated and knocked out by Desmond both times.

Finally, when Desmond had returned to Abstergo in Rome to rescue his father and kill Vidic, Daniel was sent to stop Desmond in his tracks cornering him at gunpoint in the Animus chamber Desmond had previously been imprisoned in. However, before Daniel could kill him, he began to suffer from the Bleeding Effect and speaking Russian. Daniel panicked and fled, running through the facility, but was chased by Desmond into the Animi Training Program room, where he was stabbed to death at Desmond's hands.

Modern Era (CE 1750-1985)

 * Notable events:
 * Industrial Revolution
 * World Wars (Seven Years' War, World War I, World War II)
 * Age of Revolution (Louisiana Rebellion of 1768, American Revolutionary War)
 * Imperialisms (Victorian era)

William Johnson
William Johnson (voiced by Julian Casey) (1715-1774) was an Anglo-Irish official and a member of the Templar Order. Johnson was born in Ireland to Catholic parents. In his early twenties, he moves to America with his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren. After some poor judgement in business on his uncle's part, Johnson buys a plot of land with the money he has and builds a house, a mill, a farm, and a store calling his land Mount Johnson. Between 1743 and 1754, Johnson becomes a liaison between the Iroquois and the British Government.

In 1754, Johnson had becomes a member of the Templar Order and an ally of Haytham Kenway. He has Haytham meet his bodyguard, Thomas Hickey, and retrieve some documents stolen by his enemies. After doing this, he agrees to help Haytham kill slave trader Silas Thatcher. The next year, he goes with Haytham and the other Templars to kill General Edward Braddock. After Braddock is dead, Johnson goes back to his other line of work. In 1768, he negotiates the Treaty of Fort Stanwix.

In 1773, Johnson is smuggling tea into the colonies. The Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton realizes this and participates in the Boston Tea Party, destroying Johnson's tea supply. After this loss, Johnson retreats to his estate. A year later, Johnson tries to talk the Iroquois leaders into selling their land. When the leaders refuse, he threatens to kill them. Before he can carry his threat out, he is killed by Ratonhnhaké:ton. In his last moments, he tries to justify his actions as helping the Iroquois; by taking their land (forcibly) before the Colonists inevitably steal it from them. On his dead body, a letter is found addressing John Pitcairn, a fellow Templar and Ratonhnhaké:ton's next target.

Jonathan "John" Pitcairn
John Pitcairn (1722-1775) was Scottish born member of the Royal Marine Corps and the Templar Order. In 1754, Pitcairn is saved from execution by Haytham Kenway for disobeying his commander, General Edward Braddock. Pitcairn helped Haytham kill slave trader Silas Thatcher. The next year, he arrives with Haytham to kill his former commander. After Braddock is killed, he resumes his life as a marine. In 1771, he is promoted from captain to major. In 1775, men under his command fire the first shots of the Revolutionary War at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Later that year, he is present at the Battle of Bunker Hill. During the battle, he is assassinated by Ratonhnhaké:ton. With his last breath, he states his attempt to stop the war from happening and it is Ratonhnhaké:ton's fault the war would continue. On his dead body, there is a letter about an assassination plot to be carried out on George Washington by Thomas Hickey, a fellow Templar and Ratonhnhaké:ton's next target.

Reginald Birch
Reginald Birch (voiced by Gideon Emery) (1705 – 1757) was the Grand Master of the British Rite of the Templar Order, and a successful English businessman. He began his dealings at a young age, and by the time he had reached his mid-20s, Birch owned several merchant ships; mainly involved with the dealing of tea to the British American colonies. Later on in his life, Birch would progress to own several businesses around London. Birch met Haytham Kenway, son of Birch's Assassin rival Edward Kenway, at a young age. He recruited Haytham into the Templars after the death of Edward Kenway, personally involving himself with the boy's training. In 1754, after Haytham had retrieved the key to the undisclosed Grand Temple, Birch secured passage to Boston for Haytham to find the First Civilization storehouse and establish a permanent Templar presence in British America. Once Haytham had discovered the truth of Birch's involvement in the kidnapping of his half-sister, Jenny Kenway, and the murder of his father, the Templar stormed Birch's chateau with Jim Logan and Jenny. Following this, Birch was killed by Jenny, via a sword that Haytham had embedded into Birch's bedroom door (killing the guard on the other side) prior to a struggle between Reginald and the woman.

Thomas Hickey
Thomas Hickey (voiced by Allen Leech) (unknown - 1776) was a member of the Templar Order and later a soldier in the Continental Army. During the French and Indian War, he also ran a black-market underground for use of gaining information and money for the order, while simultaneously working as an assistant to William Johnson.

Hickey was a self-indulgent and lecherous man, he often lazed about in taverns, drinking much alcohol and enjoyed the company of women. Hickey took his orders and duties lightly hence was often reprimanded for his reckless and unprofessional behavior. Despite this, he was far from cowardly and was still a strong and capable fighter. Hickey had very little care and commitment to the Templar's vision of a New World Order, instead he served only as a means for personal profit and power. As a result, similar to Juan Borgia, Hickey died with little to no regret, content that he had already fulfilled his desires and earthly pleasures, even to the point of being almost nonchalant about the fact that he was about to die.

Benjamin Church
Benjamin Church (voiced by Harry Standjofski) (1734 – 1778) was a member of the Templar Order and a surgeon for the Continental Army.

Along with Thomas Hickey and Charles Lee, Church established Templar influence within the Continental Army's side of the Revolutionary War, however like Hickey, Church was ultimately unreliable specifically due to his self-serving nature. Church's actions inadvertently benefited the Patriots, as he motivated Ratonhnhaké:ton to aid George Washington and the Continental Army's struggle for freedom. By recovering the supplies from Church, Ratonhnhaké:ton was able to strengthen the Continental Army leading to their victory. Furthermore, Church was responsible for recruiting Nicholas Biddle for the Templars, who ultimately strengthened the Continental Naval Fleet.

Church's betrayal of the Templar Order gave rise to a change in Ratonhnhaké:ton's relationship with his father and enemy, Haytham. By becoming a mutual enemy, Ratonhnhaké:ton and Haytham established an alliance as well as a slight father and son bond, though ultimately their differences were irreconcilable. Despite abusing his skills as a physician for personal gain, Church established a very important position in the Continental Army. His actions as Head of the Medical Wing influenced duties and responsibilities of military physicians by becoming the US Army's first Surgeon General.

Nicholas Biddle
Nicholas Biddle (1750 – 1778) was a member of Templar Order and one of the first captains of Continental Navy during the American Revolution. While he appeared to support the Continental cause, his true plan was to patrol the Eastern Seaboard of North America for Templar benefit.

Eventually, Biddle came across the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, where the two clashed during the Battle off Barbados in 1778, with the Aquila and its crew boarding the Randolph. During this duel, Ratonhnhaké:ton held the offense until the floorboards of the ship collapsed from underneath them. On recovering from the distraction in the cargo bay, Ratonhnhaké:ton located and continued to strike at Biddle until he was defeated. Following this, on hearing Biddle's dying wish, Connor set fire to the Randolph's gunpowder reservoir, destroying the vessel to the dismay of the Assassin's first mate, Robert Faulkner, who wanted to take the Randolph as a prize.

Edward Braddock
Edward Braddock (1695 – 1755), nicknamed the Bulldog by his soldiers, was a member of the Templar Order and a general in the British Army. He can be considered to be the main antagonist of Haytham's story in Assassin's Creed III.

During the French and Indian War, Braddock was the commander-in-chief for the thirteen colonies of British America. He had several soldiers under his command, including John Pitcairn and Charles Lee, whom he rarely saw due to their allegiance to the Templar cause. Over the course of the war, Braddock turned away from the Templar ideals and impeded the Order's goals in the colonies, much to the chagrin of the other members. This disobedience came to a head when Braddock was confronted by Haytham Kenway, Braddock's former friend and fellow Templar, when Haytham attempted to recruit John Pitcarin for the expedition to find a First Civilization storehouse. Braddock was eventually killed by Haytham, in order to gain the trust of Kaniehtí:io, a Kanien'keha:ka woman who promised to show Haytham the location of the storehouse, in exchange for eliminating Braddock. Haytham also took the Templar ring from Braddock's finger, which was later given to Charles Lee upon the latter's initiation into the Templar Order.

Madeleine de L'Isle
Madeleine de L'Isle (1732 - 1777) was the wife of Philippe Olivier de Grandpré, the stepmother of Aveline de Grandpré, and the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Liberation. Under the alias of the "Company Man", she was also secretly the supervisor of the Templar activities in the French Louisiana territories.

Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer
Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer (1730s - 1769) was a Spanish Templar working for the "Company Man", who ran a camp of seemingly escaped slaves in Chichen Itza, where he was conducting archaeological research in order to find an artifact of the First Civilization, the Prophecy Disk. In 1769, de Ferrer was killed by the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré who had infiltrated his labor camp and found the Piece of Eden he was looking for, which he attempted to take from her.

Baptiste
Baptiste was a former Assassin and voodoo leader, who posed as the deceased François Mackandal and operated in the Bayou surrounding New Orleans. Secretly working for the "Company Man" with Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer, Baptiste aspired to become a formal member of the Templar Order. He was also a personal enemy of the Mentor of the Louisianan Assassins, Agaté. Sometime in 1765, "Mackandal" had amassed a small following, though he sent a letter to one of his acolytes stating that he was "in want of nothing but more men to join his ranks" of his cult for a "sacred ceremony" on the Eve of Saint John.

However, this letter was intercepted by the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré, shortly after she had assassinated the troops at one of his bases, a wrecked ship in the marshlands, with the smuggler Élise Lafleur providing her with the information and transport to get there.

Aveline and Élise then located Baptiste after she had cleared the man's second base, and spied on his conversation with de Ferrer. There, she learned of his aspirations to poison the nobles of New Orleans, before Aveline faced off against Baptiste in a showdown, proving victorious despite having been afflicted by a hallucinogenic drug by the voodoo leader; she had ingested an antidote beforehand in preparation to face him.

Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana. A Templar, he was pursued by the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré during the Louisiana Rebellion, but was spared by Grandpré under the promise to go into exile.

Vásquez
Vásquez was the name of a Templar who was assumed to be the Order's "Company Man" in the French colonies of North America. He was later killed at a soirée by the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré, after having been charmed by her in her Lady attire, as part of her search to uncover the true identity of the Company Man. On his death, however, Vásquez revealed to Aveline that she had been misguided, and disclosed that the Company Man which the Assassin sought was a female in reality. This mystery woman was eventually discovered to be Madeleine de L'Isle, though Vásquez perished before he could give out her name.

George Davidson
George Davidson (1752 – 1777) was a slave, whom the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré helped to escape from New Orleans and confined into the care of the American patriots as asked by her step-mother. Later, when Aveline was sent to New York to meet Ratonhnhaké:ton in order to take down the British Officer of the loyalist Ethiopian regiment of Lord North, who had information on the identity of the "Company Man", Aveline shockingly discovered George's allegiance to the Templar Order. George was killed by Aveline, and in his dying breath, he told her that "the answer has been in her own backyard all along", prompting the Assassin to understand that the Company Man was her own step-mother, Madeleine de L'Isle.

Early Modern Era (CE 1450-1750)

 * Notable events:
 * Age of Discovery
 * House of Borgia
 * Renaissance (CE 1350-1750)
 * Ottoman control of Constantinople

Uberto Alberti
Uberto Alberti (voiced by Michel Perron) (1416 - 1476) a Florentine lawyer and statesman who sides with the Templars in their attempt to seize control of Florence.

Carlo Grimaldi
Carlo Grimaldi (voiced by Roc LaFortune) (1445 - 1485) a member of the Council of Ten.

Jacopo de' Pazzi
'''Jacopo de' Pazzi (voiced by Arthur Grosser) (1421 - 1480) the head of the Pazzi family and their banking business.

Emilio Barbarigo
Emilio Barbarigo (voiced by Arthur Holden) (1421 - 1485) a Venetian merchant and noble.

Silvio Barbarigo
Silvio Barbarigo (voiced by Harry Standjofski) (1435 - 1486) Venice's state inquisitor.

Marco Barbarigo
Marco Barbarigo (voiced by Tony Robinow) (1413 - 1486) Silvio's cousin and the Templars' intended candidate to replace the doge of Venice, Giovanni Mocenigo.

Vieri de' Pazzi
Vieri de' Pazzi (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) (1459 - 1478) Jacopo's grandnephew and one of the youngest Pazzi conspirators.

Francesco de' Pazzi
Francesco de' Pazzi (voiced by Andreas Apergis) (1444 - 1478) Jacopo's nephew and the main driving force behind the family's involvement in the Pazzi conspiracy.

Checco Orsi
Checco Orsi (voiced by Andreas Apergis) (1458 - 1488) a noble of Forlì.

Antonio Maffei
Antonio Maffei (voiced by Shawn Baichoo) (1450 - 1478) a Volterrani monk.

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (voiced by Liane Balaban) (April 18, 1480 – June 24, 1519) is the secondary antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. She is the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia and the sister of Cesare Borgia. She is first seen in a portrait in Assassin's Creed II as a little girl with brown hair. She appears in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood as a buxom woman, her hair now blonde. She is shown to have incestuous affairs with both her father and her brother, the latter of whom tells her that she will be his queen. She has secured a political advantage for her family by marrying many powerful nobles and then having them disgraced or killed soon thereafter. She grows tired of Cesare's womanizing ways, however, and plans to leave the Vatican. Despite this, she still warns her brother of the poisoned apple he received from Rodrigo. In turn, Cesare beat her until she revealed the Piece of Eden's location. Disillusioned by his actions, she helped Ezio find said Piece of Eden and left the Vatican behind. Her in-game portrait reveals that she and her husband fled Rome and relocated to Ferrara where she encountered Ezio again in 1506 while he was looking for the first da Vinci painting, Annunciation.

Manuel Palaiοlogos
Manuel Palaiologos (voiced by Vlasta Vrana) (1454 - 1512) is the heir to the lost Byzantine Empire throne. Manuel is a major Templar Leader and the secondary antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is conspiring in taking back Constantinople (Turkish: Istanbul / Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη) with the help of Sulemon Heir of the Sultan of Ottoman Empire. He is assassinated by Ezio in the Templar-controlled city of Cappadocia.

Vali cel Tradat
Vali cel Tradat (unknown - 1511) was a Wallachian noble, former Assassin and member of the Templar Order. Having served the Assassin Order for around a decade, Vali left the Assassins after they made a truce with the Ottomans; the same people who had humiliated his people, conquered Wallachia, and murdered his secret idol Vlad Tepes. Feeling betrayed, he joined the Templars, striving for vengeance against the Assassins and Ottomans.

Late Middle Ages Era (CE 1300-1450)

 * Notable events:
 * Black Death (CE 1348-1350)

High Middle Ages Era (CE 1000-1300)

 * Notable events:
 * Mongol conquests
 * 1st-9th Crusades (CE 1096-1272)

Tamir
Tamir (voiced by Ammar Daraiseh) a Saracen black market merchant in Damascus.

Garnier De Naplouse
Garnier de Nablus (voiced by Hubert Fielden) the tenth Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalier in Acre. Experimented and tortured innocent people and lunatics he picked up off the streets of Acre, claiming they were his children and that he was helping them.

Talal
Talal' (voiced by Jake Eberly) a Saracen slave trader in Jerusalem. Took many innocent people as slaves and sold them or kept them.

Abu'l Nuqoud
Abu'l Nuqoud (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) Damascus' Saracen merchant king. Invited many citizens living in Damascus to a grand party, where attendants received goblets they used to get wine from a wine fountain he set up in the partying area; poisoned wine that is.

William of Montferrat
William of Montferrat (voiced by Harry Standjofski) an Italian Crusader and Richard the Lionheart's regent in Acre. Intended to kill Richard and give Acre to his son.

Majd Addin
Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (voiced by Richard Cansino) Saladin's regent in Jerusalem who enjoyed carrying out executions, loved fear, and loved power over the people.

Jubair al-Hakim
Ibn Jubayr (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) Damascus' Saracen chief scholar and leader of "The Illuminated." Intended to have all texts in Damascus burned, claiming that these texts led people astray.

Sibrand
Sibrand (voiced by Arthur Holden) German Crusader and the first Grand Master of the Knights Teutonic in Acre. Intended to have all ships submitted to him for him to use in a blockade against Richard.

Neutral / Non-Affiliated
Notable and recurring characters who are not actively affiliated with either the Assassins or Templars.

King Washington
George Washington is stated as being the primary antagonist in Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington an upcoming, non-canon, episodic singleplayer downloadable content addition for Assassin's Creed III, which is composed of three parts that are called in order The Infamy, The Betrayal and The Redemption.

Maria Thorpe
Maria Thorpe (voiced by Eleanor Noble) (1160–1227) was an English noblewoman who became a Templar steward, and later the wife of Altaïr. As a child, Maria rejected the gender norms of her time, ultimately being disowned by her parents after annulling her arranged marriage. Seeking to fight in the Third Crusade, she disguised herself as a man and attempted to join the Templar order. The Templar master, Robert De Sable, quickly saw through her ruse, but was impressed by her deterimination and hired her as his steward. Eventually, Robert deduced that Altaïr would be coming for him, so he had Maria serve as a decoy to buy him time. Though she expected Altaïr to kill her, he instead spared her, but warned her not to follow him. After Robert was assassinated, Maria becomes obsessed with revenge. She tracked Altaïr to Acre, but he bested her again, and this time took her prisoner. She escapes in an attempt to join the Templar's new leader, Armand Bouchart, but because of her failure to kill Altaïr, and her "miraculous" escape from him, Bouchart perceives her to be either incompetent, or worse, a traitor to the Order. He places a bounty on the heads of both her and Altaïr, forcing them to work together. They fall in love after Bouchart's defeat. Maria renounces the Templars and becomes Altaïr's wife, bearing them two sons, Darim and Sef. Maria joins Altaïr and Darim to Mongolia in a bid to halt the advance of Genghis Khan. While they are away, Abbas murders Sef. Maria and Altaïr confront Abbas, and Maria is killed in the ensuing fight. Her last words to her husband were "Strength, Altaïr..."

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (voiced by Carlos Ferro) (1452–1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: his genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His lifelong frienship with Ezio Auditore begins when Ezio's mother, Maria, has her son help Leonardo move some paintings from his new workshop. Leonardo comments that his current work lacks purpose, but Maria is confident that he will go on to do great things. After Ezio's father and brothers are murdered by Rodrigo Borgia's men, Ezio brings to Leonardo two objects from his father's study: a broken hidden blade, and a page from the mysterious Codex written by Altaïr. Leonardo repairs the blade and deciphers the codex, fascinated by the technological secrets it alludes to. As Ezio continues his Assassin training, Leonardo makes several upgrades to Ezio's weapons and armor, including a poison blade, a gun, and a poison dart launcher.

Some time after Ezio foils the Pazzi conspiracy, Leonardo receives a commission from a Venetian noble, prompting him to set up a new workshop in Venice. As Ezio had his own business in the city, he accompanied him. He developed an interest in flight, and invented an experimental flying machine, which Ezio used on one of his missions. After seeing the Apple of Eden, Leonardo marveled at the futuristic visions it showed him. He then developed an interest in the findings of Pythagoras, and was eventually able to create a map leading to a temple built by his followers.

Eventually, Leonardo was blackmailed by Cesare Borgia into designing Templar war machines. He continued to support Ezio, in secret, until he was kidnapped by a third party, the Cult of Hermes, who wanted him to lead them to the Temple of Pythagorias. He is eventually rescued by Ezio, and despite his injuries, explores the Temple, fascinated by the numeric codes found within.

Although Leonardo does not appear in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the novelization describes him dying peacefully at his home in Amboise, with his friends (including Ezio, who is now retired from the Assassins) at his side.

In Assassin's Creed 3, the Darvenport Homestead's residential carpenter obtained some of Leonardo's blueprints and, at Ratonhnhaké:ton's request, build a prototype replica of the original flying machine.

Sofia Sartor
Sofia Sartor (voiced by Anna Tuveri) (1476 - unknown) was a Venetian-Ottoman bookshop owner, and a literary enthusiast.

Though born in the city of Constantinople, Sofia was forced to leave for Venice during 1499, when the Ottoman-Venetian war began. It is revealed that when Constantinople was still part of the Venetian Empire, Sofia and her parents lived in Constantinople until the Venetian-Ottoman War. Sofia eventually returned to her birthplace in 1507 to run a bookstore at the old Polo trading post. During 1511, she met the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the man who would eventually become her husband, and the father of her two children. She became the second love interest and eventual wife of Ezio Auditore da Firenze in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Sofia was born to wealthy Venetian parents living in Constantinople. Her first appearance is at the beginning of the game, when Ezio sails from Rhodes to Constantinople. A polylingual, multicultural, and intelligent woman mature beyond her years, Sofia had a passion for literature, which fueled her decision to run her bookstore, in hopes of sharing the democratizing effect she felt in books with others.

Ezio's second encounter with her was in her shop at the Old Polo Trading Post. Sofia then begins helping Ezio discover the locations of the remaining keys, while keeping his intentions and position a secret from her.

Overtime their relationship strengthens that in a mission, Sofia asked Ezio to buy her some White Tulips from the local Florist. When he reached the Florist, he discovered that the Florist had ran out of Tulips, however he knows where to pick fresh tulips and asks Ezio to wait at least one hour. Due to Impatience, Ezio secretly tailed the Florist to the garden where there is fresh tulips. There, Ezio plucks three tulips by himself and makes his way to meet Sofia at a park east of the Hagia Sophia. When he meets Sofia, he finds out that Sofia had prepared a picnic for the two of them. After Ezio has obtained 4/5 of the Masyaf Keys, he leaves for the mountain hidden Templar City of Cappadocia to obtain the last key from Manuel Palaiologos.

When Ezio returns to Constantinople, he discovers that Şehzade Ahmet who was in league with the Templars has killed Yusuf and kidnapped Sofia, demanding the keys in exchange for her life. Ezio agrees, but immediately gives chase upon ensuring Sofia's safety. He recovers the keys, but before he can deal with Ahmet, Selim arrives with his armies and executes Ahmet himself, after saying that their father "made his choice."Due to his son Suleiman's endorsement, Selim has Ezio leave Constantinople, warning him never to return again. Agonized, Ezio rises his sword, but is calmed by Sofia. The Couple leaves for Masyaf.

They arrive at the Door of Altaïr's library where Ezio uses the five keys to activate and open it. Before he enters, Sofia tells him to "better come out of there alive". Ezio then reassures her that He "plans to". After the events of Revelations, Ezio and Sofia are married and have two children: Flavia Auditore and Marcello Auditore.

In the events of the short film Assassin's Creed Embers, sometime afterward Ezio journeys to Firenze with Sofia and Flavia, despite suffering from heart problems. Sofia nags to Ezio that he should stayed home. Ezio replies by saying "I am Home" While resting on a bench and after having a short conversation with a young man with a scar on his face, similar to the sort of man he used to be. Ezio begins breathing fast and the young man tells Ezio to lie down. Despite Ezio's reluctance, he lies on the bench and rests. He then begins breathing faster. He showed his final smile to his family, exhales and dies in view of his family. The film then ends as a final letter from Ezio to Sofia is read, saying that of all the things that kept him going throughout life, love for the world around him was the strongest of them all.

Kaniehtí:io
Kaniehtí:io ("Gah-yet-zee-oh", shortened to Ziio/"Zee-oh", voiced by Kanietí:io Horn) (1731 - 1760), or Ziio (informally), was a Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) clanwoman and the mother of Ratonhnhaké:ton. She was also an ancestor to Desmond Miles. Prior to the Seven Years' War, Kaniehtí:io was captured and escorted to the slaver Silas Thatcher, along with other members of her tribe. However, her convoy was hijacked by Haytham Kenway and his men, which led to her peoples' freedom. Later, Haytham decided that Kaniehtí:io would be a vital ally in helping his Order find the precursor site that they were looking for, as the First Civilization were considered to be sacred gods by Kaniehtí:io's people. After befriending one another, Haytham gained her trust by retrieving military plans from a fort, which allowed the pair to plan an ambush on Edward Braddock as his troops marched to Fort Duquesne. On the assassination of Braddock, Haytham and Kaniehtí:io traveled to find the entrance to the Temple; however, the amulet that Haytham had in his possession gathered no results. At this point, the two revealed their feelings for one another and shared an embrace, which later led on to the conception of Ratonhnhaké:ton. Years later, Kaniehtí:io would realize that the man she loved was a Templar, and began to fear that her son might inherit his malevolent father's ambitions. Kaniehtí:io's village was attacked by George Washington and the British Army sometime during the Seven Years' War, and in the attack, Kaniehtí:tio perished due to being pinned beneath burning rubble. As he was assaulted by Charles Lee early on, her son Ratonhnhaké:ton would go on to believe that Lee and the Templars had burned down the village and killed his mother, until his father Haytham finally told him the truth as the pair confronted George Washington years later.

Erudito Collective
Erudito, also dubbed the Erudito Collective, is a collective of several people who possessed one goal – to directly oppose Abstergo Industries, and make various secretive truths about the corporation known. Though it was orgionally unclear whether Erudito was one or many people, evidence did suggest that the idea of a collection of several independent users was more likely. Despite this, the members who made up the Erudito Collective were united by their common purpose.

Erudito often made use of e-mails to spread such information, some of them coming into contact with Desmond Miles, the participants in Abstergo's Project Legacy, and consumers of the Animus virtual games consoles. "Erudito" is Italian for "scholar" or "learned one," which was appropriate, considering how much information Erudito had gathered on Abstergo. In addition, Erudito's online avatar, the Olympic torch, is a symbol of the fire given to humanity by Prometheus, who in turn is symbolized as encompasing humanity's capability to learn.

Modern Era (CE 1750-1985)

 * Notable events:
 * Industrial Revolution
 * World Wars (Seven Years' War, World War I, World War II)
 * Age of Revolution (Louisiana Rebellion of 1768, American Revolutionary War)
 * Imperialisms (Victorian era)

Kanen'tó:kon
Kanen'tó:kon (voiced by Akwiratékha Martin) (1756 – 1778) was a member of the Kanien'kehá:ka nation of the Mohawk Valley and a close childhood friend of Ratonhnhaké:ton. Though he initially advocated for the Kanien'kehá:ka to remain neutral in the American Revolutionary War, he and several other of his village's warriors later began to believe that they could protect their people by siding with the British. In this regard, he was manipulated by Charles Lee into believing that Ratonhnhaké:ton had joined George Washington in a campaign against the Mohawk people, prompting him to attack his former friend when he tried to intervene in a Mohawk ambush on colonial soldiers. Pinned to the ground and vulnerable to a lethal blow, Ratonhnhake:ton was forced to stab Kanen'tó:kon in the neck with his Hidden Blade, killing him.

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette
Major-General Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757 – 1834) often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in south central France. During the American Revolutionary War, Lafayette served as a Major-General in the Continental Army under George Washington. Blocked by British spies who learned of his support for the Patriots, Lafayette disguised himself as a woman to board a ship to America in 1777. He later recounted this to the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton while camping in Valley Forge that winter.

On June 28, 1778, Lafayette led a battalion during the battle of Monmouth, when he was given strange orders by Charles Lee to advance into enemy lines without sufficient numbers. Ratonhnhaké:ton deduced Lee was trying to make Washington appear incompetent.

In 1781, Lafayette visited the Davenport Homestead to help Ratonhnhaké:ton gather a fleet to breach Fort George in New York. After Ratonhnhaké:ton gained the French Navy's support, Lafayette met with him and Stephane Chapheau underground and showed them a tunnel into the military district, so Ratonhnhaké:ton could assassinate Lee in the midst of the bombardment.

George Washington
General George Washington (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) (1732-1799) was a Freemason, a Spymaster, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783, and served as the first President of the United States from 30 April 1789 to 4 March 1797.

Born February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia, in the British America colonies of North America, Washington joined the British Army during his youth and participated in the French and Indian War theatre of the Seven Year's War, fighting against the French and various indigenous tribes. Due to the lack of progress of his military career in the British Army, Washington instead turned to politics.

When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Washington supported the colonists. Following the creation of the Continental Army, the Continental Congress of 1775 appointed Washington as its Commander-in-Chief. Though the Continental Army was outmatched, and had suffered many tactical losses and strategic setbacks under Washington's command, the aid of patriotic individuals such as Lafayette, the Culper Ring, and his ally Ratonhnhaké:ton, a member of the Assassin Order, managed to gain the army small victories.

After Washington obtained an Apple of Eden around 1781, the Continental Army emerged victorious against the British Army, and the colonies joined together to form the United States in 1783. Washington was offered the privilege of becoming its first President, a position he held until 1797. Washington died on December 14, 1799, at age 67, in Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States.

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (17 January 1706 – 17 April 1790) was a Freemason, a noted polymath, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Benjamin wandered around Boston near his store, and was surprised to find Haytham Kenway offer a lending hand, as those living in Boston usually refused to be of any help, and correctly assumed that Kenway was new to Boston. Franklin then charged Kenway with the task of finding stolen pages of his Almanac.

Haytham interacted with Franklin, where he proposed his idea of having an older woman as a lover would benefit lives, much to Haytham's amusement.

Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (voiced by Mark Lindsay Chapman) (1722 – 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, a Sons of Liberty Patriot and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution. He was also one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism, which shaped the political culture of the United States.

During the American Revolutionary War, Samuel met and became a trusted associate of the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, after Achilles Davenport told Ratonhnhaké:ton, to find him on his first trip to Boston. Amongst other things, Samuel taught Connor how to reduce his notoriety, introduced him to the Mason tunnels underneath Boston, as well as Commander-in-Chief George Washington.

Benedict Arnold
Major-General Benedict Arnold (1741 – 1801) was the major general at West Point. In 1780, Ratonhnhaké:ton was asked by General George Washington, while acting on vital Culper Ring intelligence, to expose a rumored plot to overthrow the strategically critical West Point. Ratonhnhaké:ton worked undercover for Arnold, while flushing out the British spies.

Investigating the major general, Ratonhnhaké:ton soon eavesdropped on Benedict Arnold as he was discussing plans for the British to take over the fort with John Anderson. Once the conversation had ended Benedict went back to the fort while his associate met up with redcoats to acquire a uniform. Anderson then came back to the fort but was caught when Ratonhnhaké:ton stopped two colonials from killing him. Ratonhnhaké:ton then pulled out a note revealing the plans for a sum of twenty thousand pounds to go to Benedict for the fort at West Point.

Not knowing he was compromised, Benedict awaited for Anderson's return and also for the regulars to arrive with his money. Ratonhnhaké:ton got back first and exposed Arnold for the traitor he was, right then the regulars arrived and Benedict fled the fort while the British began their assault on the fort. Once the assault ended Ratonhnhaké:ton failed to reach Arnold as he had sailed away from West Point. Ultimately, Benedict Arnold had defected to the British not long after assumed being a general in the British Army.

In all this event put the colonials in an uneasy position where they soon began to question loyalty with the troops and officers.

Israel Putnam
General Israel Putnam (voiced by Andreas Apergis) (1718 – 1790) was an American general in the Continental Army who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War. During the battle, he was approached by the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, who desired a Patriot victory as the British troops were under the command of a Templar, Major John Pitcairn. To achieve this, Putnam tasked him with disabling two British frigates who were bombarding the nearby area from the harbor. Once the deed was done, Putnam rallied his troops, delivering his famous "Whites of their Eyes" speech, as Ratonhnhaké:ton set out to assassinate Pitcairn. He succeeded in killing the major, but nevertheless, Putnam was outnumbered and forced to retreat, granting the British a Pyrrhic victory.

One year later, Ratonhnhaké:ton was captured by the Templars and falsely accused of plotting to assassinate General George Washington, a crime the Templars themselves had committed. He later escaped execution and killed the true conspirator, Thomas Hickey, before he could strike Washington. When surrounded by armed guards after murdering Hickey, it was Putnam who arrived to vouch for Ratonhnhaké:ton's innocence, proclaiming him a hero to the Patriot cause.

John André
John André (2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780) was an officer of the British Army. He worked as a spy during the American Revolutionary War and aided in Major General Benedict Arnold's attempt to defect from the Continental Army to the British Army.

Functioning as a spy in the Continental Army under the alias John Anderson, André conspired with Benedict Arnold to have him become a General in the British Army and to surrender West Point to the British. He was followed by Ratonhnhaké:ton, an Assassin and ally of George Washington, and André was captured by Patriots as he was making his way out of West Point. Upon Ratonhnhaké:ton's advise, the Patriots searched him instead of shooting him on sight and they discovered a letter revealing Arnold's betrayal. André was later hanged by the Continental Army.

Paul Revere
Paul Revere (1735 – 1818) was an American silversmith from Boston, early industrialist, and a Sons of Liberty Patriot propagandist in the American Revolution. He was erroneously most famous for The "midnight ride" of 18 April 1775, where he took credit for the ride of Israel Bissell, who reportedly rode for four days and six hours covering the 345 miles from Watertown, Massachusetts to Philadelphia along the Old Post Road, and who alerted Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord. In reality Paul Revere only rode from Boston to Cambridge.

During the American Revolutionary War, Paul Revere became an associate of the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton.

Silas Thatcher
Silas Thatcher (1720 – 1754) was a high-ranking officer of the British Army, and a prolific slave trader. Silas was responsible for the ransacking of Benjamin Church's house, and his subsequent interrogation, alongside a man called "Cutter". However, shortly after he left, Haytham Kenway and Charles Lee freed their associate, through infiltrating the location Church was kept – after they determined his whereabouts through eavesdropping – and the silent assassination of Cutter and two guards. Later, while posted at Southgate Fort in Boston, he would receive deliveries of prisoners. In 1754, one such convoy, full of Mohawk tribespeople, was commandeered by Haytham and his men as a means to enter the fortification. Shortly after, on discovering the ruse, Silas ordered his men to fire on the Templars, but he was cornered by Haytham and executed by Church, as a means of payback for the latter's previous maltreatment.

Unlike other prominent British Redcoats, such as John Pitcairn and Edward Braddock, Silas was not a historical figure.

Early Modern Era (CE 1450-1750)

 * Notable events:
 * Age of Discovery
 * House of Borgia
 * Renaissance (CE 1350-1750)
 * Ottoman control of Constantinople

Cristina Vespucci
Cristina Vespucci (voiced by Amber Goldfarb) (1459–1498) was a well-known Florentine beauty introduced in Assassin's Creed II, though most of her story is told during the "Repressed Memory Sequences" from Brotherhood. She was a first love interest of Ezio Auditore da Firenze.

From an early age, Cristina caught the eyes of many boys who wanted to become intimate with her. One of those boys was Ezio, who was encouraged to go speak with Cristina by his brother one day in 1476. However, Cristina had no interest in him, and walked off. Ezio, who decided to go after her, followed Cristina to her home, where he saw her being confronted by Vieri de' Pazzi.

Vieri, who had already attempted to impress Cristina on previous occasions, grew impatient when Cristina turned him down yet again. Saying that he was "tired of waiting for her to open her legs on her own", he tried to sexually assault her. However, he was interrupted by Ezio, who came to Cristina's rescue. The two engaged in a fistfight, and Ezio emerged the victor. Cristina was thankful of Ezio's actions, and thus began a relationship between the two.

Ezio visited Cristina in her home quite frequently and was described to be "unbelievably dexterous", as the guards knew that he visited her, but were never able to catch him trespassing. On one occasion that Ezio slept with Cristina, he was discovered by her enraged father the next morning. Her father set the guards on him, demanding for his head, though he was able to escape.

In 1476, directly after the Auditore execution, Cristina helped Ezio give his father and brothers the proper final rites by burning and setting their bodies adrift in the Arno river. Afterwards, Ezio asked Cristina to come with him, as he needed to leave for Monteriggioni with his family. However, Cristina refused, saying that she could not leave her family. Understanding her decision, Ezio gave her a pendant to remember him by before leaving.

In 1478, by the insistence of her father, Cristina was engaged to be married to Manfredo Soderini. The day before their wedding, Ezio returned to Florence for the first time in two years, and Cristina was the first person he visited. After a short talk, she sadly told him that she had not expected him to return; before revealing her engagement, and breaking Ezio's heart. After being informed that Manfredo was being confronted by people to whom he owed a gambling debt, Ezio rushed to save Cristina's fiance. Upon killing the gamblers, Ezio hung Manfredo over a bridge and demanded to know if he truly loved Cristina, to which Manfredo sincerely replied yes. Ezio demanded that he stop gambling, and that he be a good husband to Cristina; otherwise, he would hunt him down and kill him. Afterwards, Ezio returned to Cristina and kissed her, telling her that he had made sure that Manfredo would be a good husband to her. Though she was heartbroken for losing Ezio, Cristina nevertheless married Manfredo, and the two of them began living together in Florence.

Eight years later, 1486 in Venice, Cristina travelled to attend Carnevale with her husband. Noticing her there, Leonardo da Vinci remembered that she and Ezio had been close, and informed the latter of her presence. However, Ezio worried that Cristina would not agree to see him after all the years, thus he slipped a letter to her, posing as her husband and requesting her to meet him alone in an alley. Cristina obliged and the two kissed, with Cristina believing Ezio to be Manfredo, as he was wearing a mask. After discovering the truth, she yelled at Ezio for kissing her, both because she was already married and because she had not seen Ezio in so long. Cristina told Ezio that, before, she had loved him and would rather have married him, but now it was too late. She angrily told him to never look for her again and stormed off.

In 1494, Girolamo Savonarola took control of Florence after Lorenzo de' Medici's death. Savonarola claimed that all Renaissance material was evil, and that they should go back to the medieval times, instigating the Bonfire of the Vanities. In 1498, Savonarola's fanatics infiltrated Cristina's and Manfredo's home to kill Manfredo. He attempted to fend them off, however, this was a vain effort as there were too many attackers, and he was gravely injured. Cristina managed to escape, but was soon cornered by the fanatics.

At this point, Ezio, after hearing about what had happened from a dying Manfredo, came to her aid. The fanatics, who were taunting Cristina for the rich fineries she owned, were startled as Ezio came up behind them and yelled at Cristina to "Run!" Though he killed all of the soldiers, Cristina had already been mortally wounded, and was slowly dying. After showing him the pendant that she had kept with her the past twenty-two years, and telling him that she wished they could have had "a second chance" together, Cristina died in Ezio's arms.

Tarik Barleti
Tarik Barleti (voiced by J. B. Blanc) (1470 - 1511) was a character in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Tarik Barleti is the captain of the Janissaries, the personal guard of the Ottoman Sultan. Tarik was born to a Christian Albanian family, and he was taken at a young age to be trained to fight. He is a close friend of Prince Selim I. Ezio thought that Tarik to be a Templar because of his behavior, and he was selling weapons to Manuel Palaiologos, a known Templar. Ezio decided to act on his theory, and he struck Tarik down. In his final moments, Tarik revealed that he planned to attack Manuel's Byzantine Templars in Cappadocia. He made a final request to Ezio to stop the Templars. Ezio honored it. Tarik is one of the few assassination targets that is unaffiliated with the Templars or Assassins.

Marcello Auditore da Firenze
Marcello Auditore da Firenze (October, 1514 - unknown) was the son of the retired leader of the Italian Assassins and a former Mentor in the Assassin Order, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and his wife Sofia Sartor. Marcello had one sister, Flavia. Marcello lived with his parents and sister in the Tuscan countryside, and at times accompanied his mother to visit his aunt Claudia. Marcello appears more often in the Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel), where he accompanies his mother and sister to the market in which Ezio dies, and only mentioned in Assassin's Creed: Embers. In Topkapı Palace, Prince Suleiman I introduces Ezio to Ahmet as "Marcello" to hide his true identity. "Marcello" means "like a hammer" in archaic Latin.

Minerva
Minerva (voiced by Margaret Easley), also known as Mera, is a member of the First Civilization introduced in Assassin's Creed II. She is a member of the First Civilization's ruling body, the Capitoline Triad, along with Tinia and Juno. Minerva appears to Ezio, and by extension, Desmond, in the Vatican Vault. Knowing that Desmond will eventually relive Ezio's memories, Minerva essentially uses him as a conduit. She explains that her kind are not gods, but a more advanced civilization whose technology was mistaken for magic. They engineered humans as slaves, but they rebelled. Minerva describes how war with humanity, combined with a devastating cataclysmic event, led to the downfall of their civilization and the extinction of their race. Correctly predicting that a second cataclysmic event would eventually occur, the Triad hid away the tools humanity would need to survive in several vaults throughout the world, and devised a system by which they could communicate across time before they eventually died. She instructs Desmond to find the vaults, then disappears, leaving a confused Ezio in her wake. In Assassin's Creed III, she projects herself through the past one last time and finds Desmond in the Vault. Once there, she warns him about Juno's power-hungry ambitions, hoping that he will decide not to save the world and keep Juno imprisoned. Juno turns the tables and forces Minerva to reveal Desmond's destiny and how his legacy will be manipulated if he allows the cataclysm to happen. During the conversation, Minerva displays a respect of human free will, not unlike the Assassins themselves.

Minerva mentions one of her previous names as Mera, but her Etruscan name actually Menrva, virtually identical to the Latin.

Juno
Juno (voiced by Nadia Verrucci), alternately known as Uni, is a member of the Capitoline Triad. She is introduced in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, reiterating Minerva's warning to Desmond, but is more hostile and contemptuous of humanity (displaying a mindset similar to that of the Templars) than the other two members of the Triad. In Assassins Creed III after the player kills Warren Vidic and Daniel Cross she takes place as the modern-day main antagonist. After Desmond recovers an Apple of Eden hidden by Ezio in the Roman Colosseum, Juno takes control of Desmond, forcing him to kill Lucy, and instructs him to find "the one who would accompany you through the gate." It is revealed at the end of Assassin's Creed III that Juno sought to conquer the rejuvenating world. When she tried to use Minerva's technology for her own ends, she was found and imprisoned in the Vault, with the other two members of the Triad hoping that she would fade away in time for the devices there to be activated safely. But she endured and confronted Desmond along with Minerva when the time came to use the device. Juno spurs Minerva into showing the inevitable future if Desmond does not activate the device: humanity will start out well, but will simply sink back into their old ways and repeat the cycle all over again. Desmond decides to use the device, preventing the apocalypse, even though this would release Juno and cost him his life. Juno is released, and thanks Desmond's body before leaving her prison.

Jupiter
Jupiter (voiced by Peter Renaday), also known as Tinia, was a member of the Capitoline Triad. He appears to Desmond in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, during the Nexus of Time. He elaborates more on the creation of the vaults, and shows the location of the central vault that contains all their accumulated knowledge. Although the humans tend to use his Roman name, Minerva consistently refers to him by his Etruscan name, Tinia.

Aita
Juno's husband, who volunteered to be a test subject for one of the Capitoline Triad's attempts to preserve the First Civilization. The experiment that he took part in is left vague, but Juno suggests that it preserved his body at the cost of his mind. Juno euthanized him when his mind "became brittle", and it may be this event that caused her to turn on Minerva and Jupiter. Aita is the Etruscan name for Hades and Pluto.

List of historical characters
This List contains historical figures that have been semi-fictionalized in the Assassin's Creed universe.

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