Almogavar

The Almogavars were fairly uncommon guards that appeared in Constantinople and Cappadocia during the Renaissance. Roughly comparable to the Brutes from Rome, they fought with heavy weapons, were rather slow compared to other enemies, wore thick armor, and could not freerun. Like the Varangians, the Almogavars were employed by the Byzantines. They are featured in several missions, and were scattered all over the underground city of Cappadocia.

Trivia

 * The Almogavars were historically soldiers of Aragonese and Catalan origin. They were known to have worked as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire.
 * The Almogavars, like the Janissaries – except in some missions – are always found carrying the same weapon: the Almogavar Axe.
 * The Almogavar Axe can also be used as a weapon, after completing The Champion, Part 1 memory, or taking the axe from a dead Almogavar.
 * It is peculiar that Almogavars use heavy weapons in-game, as they used lances and spears historically, a fighting style which is more similar to that of the Seekers than the Brutes. This also happens for the Varangians who are compared to Seekers, but are more akin to Brutes.
 * Most Templar Den Captains look and fight like Almogavars. Exceptions include the Bayezid North captain, who appears the same as a Byzantine Militia, and the Imperial South captains, both of whom look like Byzantine gunmen.
 * Unlike Brutes in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Almogavars can be killed with a counter if their attack is not the overhead smash while using a medium weapon or short blade.
 * Almogavars seem to have a unique weakness to Datura Bombs, as evidenced from both in the memory "Piri Reis: Datura" and usual gameplay; the poison kills them about twice as fast.