Assassination (Talal)

Assassination (Talal) was a virtual representation of one of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's genetic memories, relived by Desmond Miles in 2012 through the Animus.

Description
Altaïr made his way over to the Barbican of Jerusalem and entered Talal's warehouse. After dispatching the slave trader's men, the Assassin chased Talal, who attempted to escape the commotion, and assassinated him.

Dialogue
Altaïr entered Talal's warehouse, and the doors shut behind him. As he continued onward, a figure could be seen in moving the shadows by the window on the upper floor. A door leading further into the warehouse opened, and Altaïr stepped through it. Talal laughed. A ceiling hatch opened, letting a ray of light into the chamber. Altaïr stepped into it, just as Talal moved out of the shadows as well. Altaïr drew his blade as Talal's men surrounded him. Altaïr defeated Talal's guards, and climbed to the warehouse's upper level. Just as he did, Talal used another hatch to escape the warehouse. After a chase across Jerusalem, Altaïr eventually caught up and assassinated Talal. Talal: ''He's long abandoned us. Long abandoned the men and women I took into my arms.'' Altaïr escaped Talal's men and returned to the Bureau. Altaïr left the Bureau and headed back to Masyaf to report to Al Mualim. Al Mualim then dispatched three carrier pigeons, one for each city.
 * Altaïr: What now, slaver?
 * Talal: Do not call me that! I only wish to help them. As I myself was helped.
 * Altaïr: You do no kindness imprisoning them like this.
 * Talal: Imprisoning them? I keep them safe. Preparing them for the journey that lies ahead.
 * Altaïr: What journey? It is a life of servitude.
 * Talal: You know nothing! It was folly to even bring you here! To think that you might see and understand!
 * Altaïr: I understand well enough! Show yourself!
 * Talal: Ah, so you want to see the man who called you here.
 * Altaïr: You did not call me here! I came on my own.
 * Talal: Did you? Who unbarred the door? Cleared the path? Did you once raise your blade against a single man of mine, huh? No. All this, I did for you. Step into the light then, and I will grant you one final favor.
 * Talal: Now, I stand before you. What is it you desire?
 * Altaïr: Come down here! Let us settle this with honor!
 * Talal: Why must it always come to violence? It seems I cannot help you, for you do not wish to help yourself. And I cannot allow my work to be threatened. You leave me no choice. You must die.
 * Altaïr: You've nowhere to run now. Share your secrets with me.
 * Talal: My part is played. The Brotherhood is not so weak that my death will stop its work.
 * Altaïr: What brotherhood?
 * Talal: Al Mualim is not the only one with designs upon the Holy Land. And that's all you'll have from me.
 * Altaïr: Then we are finished. Beg forgiveness from your God.
 * Altaïr: What do you mean?
 * Talal: ''Beggars, whores, addicts, lepers. Do they strike you as proper slaves? Unfit for even the most menial tasks? No. I took them not to sell, but to save! And yet you'd kill us all, for no other reason than it was asked of you.
 * Altaïr: No, you profit from the war, from lives lost and broken.
 * Talal: Yes, you would think that, as ignorant as you are. Wall off your mind, eh? They say it's what your kind do best. Do you see the irony in all this? No, not yet it seems. But you will.''
 * Malik: Altaïr! Wonderful to see you return to us! And how fared the mission?
 * Altaïr: The deed is done. Talal is dead.
 * Malik: Oh, I know, I know. In fact, the entire city knows! Have you forgotten the meaning of subtlety?!
 * Altaïr: A skilled Assassin ensures his work is noticed by the many.
 * Malik: No! A skilled Assassin maintains control of his environment!
 * Altaïr: We can argue the details all you'd like, Malik, but the fact remains I've accomplished the task set to me by Al Mualim.
 * Malik: Go then. Return to the old man. Let us see with whom he sides.
 * Altaïr: You and I are on the same side, Malik.
 * Al Mualim: Come in, Altaïr. You've done well. Three of the nine lay dead, and for this you have my thanks. But do not think to rest upon your laurels. Your work has just begun.
 * Altaïr: I am yours to command, Master.
 * Al Mualim: King Richard, emboldened by his victory at Acre, prepares to move south towards Jerusalem. Salahadin is surely aware of this. And so he gathers his men before the broken citadel of Arsuf.
 * Altaïr: Would you have me kill them both then? End their war before it begins in earnest?
 * Al Mualim: No. To do so would scatter their forces, and subject the realm to the bloodlust of ten thousand aimless warriors. It will be many days before they meet, and while they march, they do not fight. You must concern yourself with a more immediate threat - the men who pretend to govern in their absence.
 * Altaïr: Give me names and I'll give you blood.
 * Al Mualim: So I will. Abu'l Nuqoud, the wealthiest man in Damascus, Majd Addin, regent of Jersusalem, William of Montferrat, liege lord of Acre.
 * Altaïr: What are their crimes?
 * Al Mualim: Greed, arrogance, the slaughter of innocents. Walk amongst the people of their cities. You'll learn the secrets of their sins. Do not doubt that these men are obstacles to the peace we seek.
 * Altaïr: Then they will die.
 * Al Mualim: Another of your items is restored. Take it. See that it is put to good use. Return to me as each man falls, that we may better understand their intentions.
 * Al Mualim: And Altaïr, take care. Your recent work has likely attracted the attention of the city guard. They'll be more suspicious than they've been in the past.

Outcome
Altaïr assassinated Talal, and returned to Masyaf for further instructions.

Source

 * Assassin's Creed