Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins

The Spanish Assassins were a branch of Assassins located in Spain, who were, during the Renaissance, closely tied with the Spanish royal house and the enemies of Templar-influenced inquisitors, who massacred the Assassins across the country.

History
In 1491, Tomás de Torquemada was fooled by Rodrigo Borgia, the Grand Master of the Templar Order, into believing that the Assassins were heretics. As a result, the Spanish Inquisitors arrested and burned numerous Spanish Assassins. Luis de Santángel, an Assassin and companion of Christoffa Corombo, informed the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze of the Inquisition, which caused Ezio to sail for Spain. The spokesman of the Spanish Assassins, Raphael Sánchez, met with Ezio, who assigned him to kill several high-ranking Inquisitors.

However, the Inquisition killed most of the Assassins. By 1498, both Sánchez and Santángel had died, and with their deaths the Assassins had no grip on the Spanish royal family and the branch was nearly deserted.

By 1511, the Spanish Assassins had regrouped and occasionally received aid from Ottoman Assassins sent from Constantinople by Ezio Auditore. This year, the Spanish Assassins once again faced problems from the Inquisitors, who were now acting on orders of Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros. With help of the Ottoman Assassins, the Spanish Assassins eliminated the culprits.