Amritsar is a city in north-west India and the spiritual centre of the Sikh religion in the state of Punjab.
History[]
The city was founded by Guru Ram Das who gave it the name Amritsar, which he named after a sacred lake in 1574. In the same year, he picked the site and ordered the construction of the Harmandir Sahib, commonly known as the "Golden Temple". The construction would not be completed until 1604, 29 years after his death.[1]
Ram Das' successor, Guru Arjan would go on to construct another sacred site in the city, on the same location where the first guru, Guru Nanak would go to meditate.[1]
Amritsar became the capital of Punjab after the creation of the Sikh Empire by Ranjit Singh in 1801.[1] By 1839, Isu ruins remained intact underneath the city, where Ranjit Singh kept the Koh-i-Noor hidden. As of 1839, Amritsar also served as the headquarters of the Indian Brotherhood of Assassins.[2]
In 1841, the East India Company, under the Templars' influence, increased their presence in the city to search for the Isu ruins located underneath the late Ranjit Singh's summer palace.[3] After kidnapping the Assassin Mentor Hamid and stealing the Koh-i-Noor he safeguarded,[4] the Master Templar William Sleeman accessed the Isu temple and used the Koh-i-Noor in conjunction with a Precursor box to produce a map pointing to another temple in Afghanistan.[5]
However, the Templars' plans were sabotaged by Arbaaz Mir, who rescued Hamid and confronted Sleeman inside the Isu ruins, inadvertently leading to their destruction.[5] Later, Arbaaz retrieved the Koh-i-Noor and the Precursor box from the Templars, prompting Sleeman to seize the summer palace and take Princess Pyara Kaur hostage in a plot to recover the Pieces of Eden. Although he managed to retrieve the box, Arbaaz rescued Pyara and escaped with the Koh-i-Noor, which he gave to the British Assassin Ethan Frye to hide.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
The establishing image of Amritsar was replaced by a close-up of Arbaaz Mir's eyes in the final version of Assassin's Creed: Brahman following criticism from Sikh fans. The original preview can be seen here.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- Assassin's Creed: Brahman (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Underworld
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: Amritsar (India)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brahman
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Absent Handler
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Quest Begins
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Enemy Revealed
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Rescue
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