User blog comment:TranquilTempest/Biblical Characters/@comment-4141231-20110720044620/@comment-5574039-20110720045701

sounds like a reasonable origins story. maybe he wasn't necessarily going around killing people, but he probably began the beliefs of the assassins about people having free will and all that jazz. the necessity to kill for peace probably came later when the assassins realized the templars wouldn't let the POE go without a fight.