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Assassin Creed Protagonist Bios Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad Born: 1165 Masyaf, Syria Died: 1257 (Aged 92) Masyaf, Syria While we don’t know much about the origins of the Third Crusadeera Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad, his exploits as an adult would become crucial in the fight for humanity’s survival. Having worked his way up the ranks of the Assassin’s Brotherhood, Altaïr was sent on a mission to stop Knights Templar Grand Master Robert De Sablé from stealing an artifact. Altaïr being an arrogant so and so, blew the mission, breaking all three of the Brotherhood’s tenets in the process. Outraged, Brotherhood leader Al Mualim demoted Altaïr to the rank of novice, tasking him with assassinating nine Templars in order to redeem himself. Fortunately, Altaïr became more disciplined after his earlier blunder, and successfully took down all nine Templars including De Sablé, who with his last words revealed that there was a tenth Templar: Al Mualim. Shocked by this information, Altaïr returned to the Brotherhood to confront his leader Assassin’s Creed Special Edition 2013 who was now in possession of the ‘Apple of Eden’, an ancient artifact giving him supernatural abilities. Despite his advantage, Al Mualim was defeated. Upon interacting with the Apple of Eden, Altaïr was surprised to see it display a hologram of Earth, with several locations marked across the globe. Altaïr went on to live a long life and dedicated his last years to building a massive ‘library’ beneath the Masyaf Brotherhood fortress, designed to safeguard the Apple of Eden. Opting to defend the Apple until the end of his days, Altaïr’s skeleton remained in the the library until it was discovered by his descendent Ezio, 300 years later. Ezio Auditore da Firenze Born: 1459 Florence, Republic of Florence Died: 1524 (Aged 65) Florence, Republic of Florence Unlike Altaïr who was arguably 34 • GameOn Magazine