User:Master Sima Yi/Sandbox

=Turkish Assassins=

The Turkish Assassins were the Turkish branch of Assassins, existing since their formation during the later half of the 13th century.

Formation
In 1204, the Grand Master of the Assassin Order Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad journeyed to Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire - modern-day Turkey - hoping to introduce the Assassin Order there. However, due to the Fourth Crusade waging at that time, Altaïr was unable to recruit potential Assassins.

In 1257, the tradesmen Niccolò and Maffeo Polo were invited to stay at the Assassins' fortress of Masyaf by Darim Ibn-La'Ahad, the son of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Being trained into becoming Assassins themselves, Altaïr entrusted them with creating some Assassins Guilds and guarding Altaïr's Codex. When the Mongols eventually attacked, the Polo brothers left Masyaf, also being entrusted with safeguarding the five keys to Altaïr's library underneath Masyaf.

They journeyed back to their home in Constantinople, where they were successful in creating a guild and bringing the Assassin ideals to the Byzantine Empire.

However, the Byzantine Empire was controlled by the Templars, and the Byzantine Emperor ordered the capture and execution of Assassins throughout his Empire.

The Byzantine Empire was defeated and usurped by the Ottomans in 1453, resulting in the foundation of the Ottoman Empire. Templar presence in the Turkish region became minimal, allowing the Assassins Order to develop.

Under Ishak Pasha
By the later half of the 15th century, the Ottoman Vizier Ishak Pasha, secretly an Assassin, took a leading role over the Turkish Assassins. Ishak Pasha fought and defeated Vlad "the Impaler" Tepes, a secret Templar and brokered a truce between the Assassins and Ottomans.

During the late 1480s, Ishak Pasha had begun recruiting Ottoman citizens into the Assassin Brotherhood. One of these Ottomans was Yusuf Tazim, whose father also was an Assassin.

In 1502, a group of Turkish Assassins, including Tazim, and Venetian Assassins met in Greece to make plans to end the Venetian-Ottoman war, being successful in doing so a year later.

Fight with the Byzantines
Following the earthquake in Constantinople in 1509, Templar remnants of the Byzantine Empire returned to the city, hoping to restore their fallen empire.