User blog comment:N1hitman/Are the assassins real/@comment-5151072-20120531140936/@comment-5151072-20120531180410

Do you mean Assassins? Or do you mean "assassins"? If we're talking the general assassin, then yes, of course there have always been those who kill public figures. If we're talking Assassins, as in the ones originally depicted in Assassin's Creed, the historical Assassins only existed as an organized entity for about 200 years, between 1080 and 1275. The game takes that organization and expands it considerably in terms of geographical and historical scope in order to create an immersive and highly enjoyable in-game universe.