For over a decade, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has blossomed into one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time. Through 11 (soon to be 12) main series games, along with dozens of additional games, comics, novels, and films, the Assassin’s Creed universe has expanded into something the creators could’ve only dreamed of.
That universe, however, wouldn’t be where it is today without their original assassin, Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad. Stretching over three games, including the original main series hit, Assassin’s Creed, Altaïr kicked things off and introduced the world to the Brotherhood of Assassins. In the three games he was featured in, Altaïr took down a good number of members from the rival faction of the Assassins, the Templar Order. Looking at just his one appearance in the main series Assassin’s Creed game, here are some of the most prominent Templars Altaïr was responsible for assassinating.
10 Tamir
As is the case for most Assassin’s Creed games, at least in the earlier ones that simply pin the assassins versus the Templars, the mission is to take down the Templar Order from the bottom up. That means that long before you take down the big names of the order, you’ll have to kill those smaller figures making the machine run.
In the original Assassin’s Creed, one of the earlier Templar you have to take down is a black arms merchant named Tamir. His role in the Templar Order is as you might expect, to supply them with just about anything they may need via an underground trading network. His main responsibility is to provide them with weapons, making him an obvious target for Altaïr and the Brotherhood.
9 Garnier de Naplouse
Next up comes a Templar from the same faction as Tamir, known as the Levantine Rite, the doctor Garnier de Naplouse. Naplouse was also a member of the Knights Hospitalier, a militaristic medical order.
He was known for his inhumane abuse of his patients, who he used to conduct various experiments and not actual medical care. He was one of the more dangerous and psychotic members of the Templar Order that Altaïr assassinated.
8 Talal
All of the major Templars that Altaïr took down had some kind of specific trade that made the Levantine Rite of the order function. For Tamir, it was supplying weapons, for Naplouse it was dangerous medical practices, and for the next in line, Talal, it was slave trading.
Talal was another dangerous target for Altaïr as a skilled swordsman and archer. He was responsible for capturing Jerusalem’s citizens, selling them into slavery, and sending a fair amount of men, women, and even children to Garnier de Naplouse to be used in his experiments. After sending a gang of his bandits after Altaïr, Talal attempts to flee, but is obviously unsuccessful and killed in the process.
7 Abu’l Nuqoud
Falling in line with the assassination of Tamir, Altaïr was also ordered to eliminate the merchant king of Damascus, Abu’l Nuqoud. After poisoning an entire party of people, Nuqoud is hunted down by the assassin and eventually killed.
Abu’l Nuqoud is one of Altaïr’s more interesting kills. He justifies his role in the Templars, claiming that his only desire is to create a new and better world. Shortly after, he criticizes Altaïr’s motives, questioning his actions as blindly following his mentor, Al Mualim. His assassination was necessary to weaken the Templar Order, but his dying words to Altaïr definitely garnered some attention from the assassin.
6 William of Montferrat
Willaim of Montferrat was yet another cog in the machine of the Templar Order. He was very closely aligned with the work of Robert de Sablé and his quest to obtain the Apple of Eden. William’s responsibilities were mainly militaristic, training soldiers that were actually brainwashed slaves.
His Abu’l Nuqoud-funded work, training those that were supplied to him from Talal and Garnier de Naplouse with weapons supplied by Tamir, began to show just how interconnected the Templars plan was. It also made clear why Al Mualim had ordered their assassinations. William’s assassination isn’t exactly difficult, but it requires taking out a good number of his soldiers before the opportunity to kill him arises. Like many others, William tries to justify his actions as preparation for the new world the Templars plan to create.
5 Majd Addin
Next in the line of assassinations ordered by Al Mualim was Majd Addin. His role in the Templar Order was much less operational than the rest, but his control over Jerusalem made him equally as dangerous.
Addin was another Templar member fascinated with the functionality of the Apple of Eden and obsessed with the idea of creating a new world from it. His only true fixations, however, were with the power he possessed and killing off those who disagreed with his ways. Like some of the others, Addin was protected by a horde of soldiers, but eventually fell to the blade of Altaïr.
4 Jubair al Hakim
Jubair al Hakim was known as the grand scholar of Damascus and a secret member of the Templar Order. His role in the grand scheme was, along with protecting the secrets of the Apple of Eden, leading the fellow Templar scholars and eliminating any written works he believed opposed the methods or beliefs of the order.
You come across Hakim and his followers burning the sacred texts of Damascus before chasing him through the streets. Like his counterparts, he tries to justify his actions in his dying words.
3 Sibrand
The seventh of nine Templars Al Mualim ordered Altaïr to assassinate was a militaristic leader known simply as Sibrand. As the grand master of the Knights Teutonic, an inadvertent military branch of the Templars, Sibrand’s membership in the order was also a secret.
Despite his position of power, Sibrand is probably the most weak-minded Templar that Altaïr is tasked with assassinating. His own fear of death drove him insane, further aligning his beliefs with those of the Templar order and thus carrying out the elimination of any of those that opposed him. His assassination requires slightly more stealth than the others, but nonetheless is a fairly easy one.
2 Robert de Sablé
The last of the nine Templars Altaïr was ordered to kill, and arguably the most powerful, was the order’s grand master Robert de Sablé. A militaristic leader and important figure in the Templar Order, de Sablé was a long-awaited target of Altaïr along the way.
The real importance behind the assassination of Robert de Sablé were the secrets he shared with Altaïr. Instead of simply pleading his case and attempting to justify his actions within the Templar Order, he exposed Altaïr’s master for the deception and lies he had filled the assassin’s head with. It ultimately set up the climax of the first game, and showed its protagonist who the true enemy was.
1 Al Mualim
Lastly, the most important assassination of them all that helped wrap up a tremendously written story. Deceived by his master, Al Mualim, Altaïr had no other choice but to defeat him and put an end to his schemes. Although Al Mualim was the mentor of the Brotherhood of Assassins, he too secretly worked with the Templar Order, driven by his desires for the Apple of Eden.
Al Mualim was successful in his plot to use his apprentice to wipe out the rest of the important Templars. However, his scheme to coerce Altaïr to his side proved unsuccessful, ultimately leading to his demise. The twist of the original Assassin’s Creed was a brilliant one and one that, to this day, makes it one of the best titles in the franchise. Through all the Templars slayed by the blades of Altaïr, none were more important than his own mentor.
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