Sibrand

"Freed it, you fool, from the tyranny of faith!"

- Sibrando to Altaïr about the Holy Land

Sibrand is one of the nine Al Mualim orders Altair to assassinate. He is found in the Middle District of Acre.

Description
Sibrand is the newly appointed Master of the Knights Teutonic, currently in charge of the port area of the Middle District within the city of Acre. His experiences with the Templars and the crusades have destroyed his belief in God, and as such he has become greatly fearful of death, knowing that life is all he has. He explains this belief to Altair as he dies and seems certain, much as Abstergo is in the future, that there is no God of any kind.

Sibrand's experiences, along with the public assassinations of his comrades in Acre, Garnier and William, have made him extremely paranoid and he sees enemies everywhere, which has lead to him doubling all the patrols in the Middle District (even threatening to withdraw the entire Teutonic Order from the field to defend him) as well as cowering deep within the docks out of fear that the assassins approach from anywhere, except surrounded by water, or so he thinks. He is quick to deal with supposed "traitors". At the time of his death in which Altair is sent to assassinate Sibrand, he is extremely fearful of the Assassins and distrustful of anyone wearing similar robes or attire of any kind, especially Scholars. When sneaking up to his boat, it is easy to hear him screaming "Fine! None of you will lift a hand in defense of your master, I'll take care of this heathen myself!"

Sibrand carries a large bow and wears a great helm with horns in battle.

Death
Altair attends a disturbance within the docks as one with the crowd, and in turn discovers that Sibrand has been driven mad by the continued success of Altair's work. As the stories of the Assassins sweep through the land. Sibrand has accused a scholar of being an assassin, poisoned by fear. After further accusations he kills the innocent man. After positioning himself defensively on a ship he intends to sail on. Unknowingly setting the stage for a difficult but not impossible assassination strike on his life. Altair maneuvers above the water safely while slowly approaching his intended target unnoticed. Finally reaching the side of the ship Altair waits as Sibrand begins to shout, at the exact moment an opening appears, the silent and cunning assassin positions himself onto the ledge. Seeing Sibrands attention turned he focuses and suddenly leaps towards the Teutonic Knight, Altairs leading leg slams into Sibrands chest knocking him to the ground. Altair then strikes swiftly by inserting his Hidden Blade precisely into his targets throat, killing him upon entry.

With his dying words, Sibrand explains his part in the Templars' scheme: he had comandeered every ship in Acre with the intent of establishing a blockade around the port, preventing Richard and other European monarchs from sending more troops to the Holy Land and thus making it easier for the Templars to destroy their enemies there and seize control of the kingdom.

Sibrands death marks the seventh in recent Major-Public Figure asasinations and is recorded in virtual history as the third in Acre.

Final Words
Sibrand: Please, don't do this!

Altaïr: You are afraid...

Sibrand: Of course I am afraid!

Altaïr: But you'll be safe now, held in the arms of your god.

Sibrand: ''Have my brothers taught you nothing!? I know what waits for me, for all of us!''

Altaïr: If not your god, then what?

Sibrand: ''Nothing. Nothing waits...and that is what I fear''.

Altaïr: You don't believe?

Sibrand: ''How could I, given what I know? What I've seen? Our treasure was the proof!''

Altaïr: Proof of what?

Sibrand: That this life is all we have!

Altaïr: Linger a while longer then, and tell me of the part you were to play.

Sibrand: A blockade by sea, to keep the fool kings and queens from sending reinforcements once we, once we...

Altaïr: Conquered the Holy Land!?

Sibrand: Freed it, you fool, from the tyranny of faith!

Altaïr: ''Freedom!? You worked to overthrow cities, control men's minds, murdered any who spoke against you!''

Sibrand: I followed my orders, believing in my cause, same as you.

Trivia

 * Sibrand was a real-life leader of the Teutonic Knights: Meister (master) Sibrand. One of the first Teutonic Knights leaders, he was appointed around 1190.
 * An in-game glitch can be found during Sibrand's assassination. To perform it, Sibrand must not be aware of your presence. When he is randomly shooting arrows on the front of his ship, approach and throw him into the sides of the boat. Sibrand will fall off his ship and into the water. You will then fail the mission (The game says that he has escaped). One of the reasons of failure for this mission is that his blood is required to complete the assassination and Altair cannot swim in-game. Or maybe Sibrand could swim (no proof as of yet and unlikely). This is unlikely as when assassinating William if you have him chase you to the upper walls of citadel it is possible to climb on top of the wall (he will as well) and push him off into the sea below; the same message will appear saying he has escaped because Altair cannot follow him down the cliff.
 * There is also another "glitch" with this assassination. When Sibrand is at the front of the ship shooting his arrows and shouting, he is sometimes not wearing his helmet (which you clearly see him put on at the end of the starting cut-scene).
 * Sibrand is also one of the few targets in Assassin's Creed that you can see during the investigation's. During one of the eavesdropping investigations, two soliders are speaking, and before the end of the investigation, Sibrand walks up and berates them for not working before leaving.