User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 19-03-'14 – Two Assassin's Creeds for 2014?: Unity and Comet/@comment-138.210.203.162-20140327004627/@comment-5174994-20140327204105

''"Neither did they in 12th century Syria or 15th century Italy." ''

Good point. But still, I think that Ubi have moved away from the more traditional white robes & are using the hood more as the symbolic trait of the Assassins. The hood also works fine for marketing.