Harlequin

"Behind the gaudy costume and twisted smile lies the soul of a merciless assassin. You call yourself the Harlequin. Your victims will call you a walking nightmare."

- GameStop



The Harlequin (real name: Cahin  ) is an exclusive multiplayer character featured in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, available via pre-order on Gamestop.com, Play.com and Ubisoft.com. He is also available in the HMV Exclusive Edition and the Limited Codex Edition of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. A jack-in-the box of the Harlequin is also available to those who pre-order the Collector's edition of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from GameStop.

On November 16th 2010, gaming website Kongregate held a contest for a copy of Brotherhood, which, to enter, you simply had to complete level 3 of Ultimate Assassin 2. One lucky winner would win the game with the exclusive Harlequin character and an Xbox 360 to play it on, and several other contestants would recieve a copy of the game with the exclusive character.

He uses two stiletto daggers as his primary weapons. Another playable multiplayer character, known as the Hellequin, is confirmed to be his sister, as stated by their multiplayer character descriptions.

In Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, Cahin and his sister Caha are first encountered by Fiora Cavazza as they perform together. The performance turns out to be a trap, however, with Cahin, Caha, and Fiora killing all the guests present. Fiora notes to herself that the siblings seem to be mad, yet fun. Later on, when Fiora changes sides and joins the Assassins in weakening Cesare Borgia's defenses, she aids in assassinating Cahin and Caha. The attack was successful, with the siblings dying together during the assault.



The Killing Joke
The Harlequin nearly stabs the target under the chest, flips over their back, then stabs the victim in the neck and to the right of the chest cavity, leaving them incapacitated and internally bleeding to death.

Sacrifical Strike
From behind, the Harlequin stabs the target's waist, making them fall. Right when they fall, he stabs their neck with the other dagger, then again with the other dagger, causing them to go limp. The body then falls to the ground as he withdraws the daggers.

Killing Wheel
The Harlequin does a cartwheel, kicking his victim in the head and knocking them to the floor. He then quickly stabs his victim in the chest, and allows them to fall to the floor as he withdraws his weapons (as seen at 0:19 in the video below).

More is Merrier
The Harlequin pushes his target down and stabs their chest/neck maniacally several times. This can be performed running at or jumping on a target (as shown in the video below at 0:55).

Gallery
thumb|300px|left|The Harlequin Reveal thumb|300px|right|Gamestop Harlequin Commercial thumb|300px|left|The Harlequin in action.

Trivia

 * The Harlequin's Jack-in-the-box wears a ruff.
 * The Harlequin's second color changes his green stripes to red, his third gives him purple and blue stripes, and his fourth gives him black and blue stripes.
 * The Harlequin's Advanced Gear gives him a striped vest, his Superior Gear gives him two coat tails sporting the same split color scheme as the striped vest, and his Elite Gear changes the blue highlights of his mask gold.
 * The Harlequin features in the release commercial of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, seen in the reflection of a man in a puddle of water.
 * It is unknown if Ubisoft will release The Harlequin as Downloadable Content to the general public,as many fans have rumored.
 * Cahin along with his sister Caha are both French as stated in Project Legacy.