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- "Find them, kill them. In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace."
- ―Al Mualim to Altaïr, 1191.[src]
Assassination targets were individuals that the Assassin Order – and in select instances, the Templar Order – deemed worthy of elimination. Over the centuries, the Assassins killed many individuals they believed to be corrupt and a danger to humanity, particularly Templars and their associates.
Below is a chronological list of notable victims, by faction and assassin responsible.
Elimination by Assassins
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Around the time of the Third Crusade, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad assassinated various individuals during his quest to find the Chalice in 1190. He later eliminated nine tyrannical public figures in an effort to restore his lost rank and regain honor within the Assassin Order.
Following his ascension to Mentor of the Order, he carried out several assassinations to aid the Cypriot Resistance in 1192, and continued to eliminate notable targets throughout his life.
- Haras – 1189[1]
- Tamir of Damascus – 1190[2]
- Alaat – 1190[2]
- Firas –1190[2]
- Roland Napule – 1190[2]
- The Master's Student – 1190[2]
- Master of the Tower – 1190[2]
- Harash – 1190[2]
- Lord Basilisk – 1190[2]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
During the Renaissance, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze assassinated various individuals in order to avenge the deaths of his family members, free the Spanish Assassins, and liberate the Italian cities of Florence, Venice, and Rome from corruption.
- Uberto Alberti – 1476[6]
- Vieri de' Pazzi – 1478[6]
- Francesco de' Pazzi – 1478[6]
- Antonio Maffei – 1478[6]
- Francesco Salviati – 1479[6]
- Bernardo Baroncelli – 1479[6]
- Stefano da Bagnone – 1479[6]
Edward Kenway
Edward Kenway, father of Haytham Kenway and grandfather of Ratonhnhaké:ton, assassinated several individuals during the Golden Age of Piracy in his quest for riches and glory, and later in service of the Assassin Order.
- Julian – 1712[13]
- Duncan Walpole – 1715[14]
- Julien du Casse – 1715[14]
- Vargas – 1716[14]
- Lucia Márquez – 1716[14]
- Kenneth Abraham – 1716[14]
- Juan Garcia – 1716[14]
- Trevor – 1716[14]
- Antonio Rueda – 1716[14]
- Mancomb Seepgood – 1716[14]
- Arispe – 1716[14]
- Laurens Prins – 1717[14]
- Hilary Flint – 1717[14]
- Vance Travers – 1717[14]
- Jing Lang – 1717[14]
- Wyatt – 1718[14]
- Peter Chamberlaine – 1718[14]
- Josiah Burgess – 1719[14]
- John Cockram – 1719[14]
- Benjamin Hornigold – 1719[14]
Aveline de Grandpré
Aveline de Grandpré assassinated various targets between the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War in an effort to free New Orleans from Templar influence and liberate victims of the slave trade.
Ratonhnhaké:ton
Before, during, and after the events of the American Revolutionary War, the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton eliminated various Templars in order to protect his tribe and further the pursuit of freedom for the citizens of the thirteen colonies of the United States.
Following a meeting with George Washington, Ratonhnhaké:ton found himself in an alternate reality created by an Apple of Eden. He assassinated several individuals while experiencing the alternate timeline.
- William Johnson – 1774[16]
- John Pitcairn – 1775[16]
- Thomas Hickey – 1776[16]
- Benjamin Church – 1778[16]
- Nicholas Biddle – 1778[16]
Arno Dorian
Following the death of his adoptive father, the Templar Grand Master François de la Serre, Arno joined the Assassin Brotherhood and embarked on a quest to find the perpetrators of the murder and their motivations.
While pursuing his own agenda, Arno also undertook several missions in order to thwart the efforts of the Templars, who tried to take control of the French Revolution.
- Duchesneau – 1791[20]
- Charles Gabriel Sivert – 1791[20]
- Roi des Thunes – 1791[20]
- Chrétien Lafrenière – 1791[20]
- Pierre Bellec – 1791[20]
- Flavigny – 1792[20]
- Comte de Gambais – 1792[20]
- Vicomte de Gambais – 1792[20]
- Frédéric Rouille – 1792[20]
- Marie Lévesque – 1792[20]
- Jean Gilbert – 1793[20]
- Louis-Michel le Peletier – 1793[20]
- Aloys la Touche – 1793[20]
- Marcourt – 1793[20]
- Jacques Roux – 1794[20]
- Andrés de Guzmán – 1794[20]
- François-Thomas Germain – 1794[20]
Desmond Miles
Following his kidnapping by Abstergo Industries and training with the Assassins, Desmond was forced by Juno to assassinate Lucy Stillman in the Colosseum Vault. He later infiltrated the Abstergo Industries headquarters in Rome and assassinated two prominent members of their Order.
- Lucy Stillman[10]
- Daniel Cross[16]
- Warren Vidic[16]
Other Assassins
Below is a chronological list of other notable assassinations, by century and, if known, Assassin responsible:
- Xerxes I of Persia, by Darius – 456 BCE[6]
- Alexander the Great, by Iltani – 323 BCE[6]
- Qin Shi Huang, by Wei Yu – 210 BCE[6]
- Gaius Julius Caesar, by Marcus Junius Brutus and others – 44 BCE[10]
- Cleopatra, by Amunet – 31 BCE[6]
Elimination by Templars
Haytham Kenway
Son of the Assassin Edward Kenway, Haytham was converted to the Templar cause at a young age by Reginald Birch. A member of the British Rite, he later became the Grand Master of the Colonial Rite.
- Juan Vedomir – 1747[33]
- Miko – 1754[16]
- Louis Mills – 1754[16]
- Cutter – 1754[16]
- Slater – 1754[33]
- Edward Braddock – 1755[16]
Shay Cormac
Formerly a member of the Colonial Assassins, Shay later became a famous Assassin hunter after he joined the Templar Order, hunting down his former Assassin brothers and sisters.
- Le Chasseur – 1756[28]
- Kesegowaase – 1757[28]
- Adéwalé – 1758[28]
- Hope Jensen – 1759[28]
- Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye – 1760[28]
Other Templars
Below is a chronological list of other notable assassinations, by century and, if known, Templar responsible:
Survivors
In carrying out their missions, some Assassins notably spared potential victims, or otherwise did not complete an assassination as directed. The following is a chronological list of targets known to have survived encounters with Assassin attackers:
- Maria Thorpe – spared by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191[3]
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze – failed by Templars, during the 15th and the 16th centuries[6][10][1]
- Tomás de Torquemada – escaped from Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1492[8]
- Rodrigo Borgia – spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1499[6]
- Micheletto Corella – spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1503[10]
- Charles Vane – spared by Edward Kenway, 1719[14]
- Woodes Rogers – survived attack by Edward Kenway, 1721[14]
- Matthew Hague – spared by Edward Kenway, 1723[13]
- Shay Cormac – failed by Assassins, between 1756 and 1760[28]
- Achilles Davenport – spared by Haytham Kenway, 1760[28]
- Antonio de Ulloa – spared by Aveline de Grandpré, 1768[15]
- Agaté – spared by Aveline de Grandpré, 1777[15]
- Benedict Arnold – failed by Ratonhnhaké:ton and Assassin apprentices, in 1780 and 1781[16]
- Benjamin Franklin – spared by Ratonhnhaké:ton, in alternate reality[18]
Interceptions
On occasion, the Assassins and Templars saved individuals from being killed. The following is a list of targets, the individuals who wanted their death and the person that saved them:
- Rashid ad-Din Sinan – targeted by Haras, saved by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1189[1]
- Richard I of England – targeted by William of Montferrat, saved by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191[3]
- Lorenzo de' Medici – targeted by Francesco de' Pazzi, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1478[6]
- Bianca Riario and Ottaviano Riario – targeted by Ludovico and Checco Orsi, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1488[6]
- Luis Santangel, Raphael Sanchez and Christoffa Corombo – targeted by Templars, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1492[8]
- Nicolaus Copernicus – targeted by Templars, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1500[10]
- Pietro Rossi – targeted by Micheletto Corella, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1503[10]
- Niccolò Machiavelli – targeted by La Volpe, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1503[10]
- Claudia Auditore da Firenze – targeted by Templars, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze and Niccolò Machiavelli, 1504[38]
- Pachomius I of Constantinople – targeted by Cyril of Rhodes, saved by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1511[1]
- Shao Jun – targeted by imperial soldiers, saved with the help of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1524[46]
- Ah Tabai – targeted by Duncan Walpole, indirectly saved by Edward Kenway, 1715[14]
- Antó – targeted by Kenneth Abraham, saved by Edward Kenway, 1716[14]
- Opía Apito – targeted by Lucia Márquez, saved by Edward Kenway, 1716[14]
- Rhona Dinsmore – targeted by Hilary Flint, saved by Edward Kenway, 1717[14]
- Upton Travers – targeted by Vance Travers and Jing Lang, saved by Edward Kenway, 1717[14]
- Augustin Dieufort – targeted by Pierre, Marquis de Fayet, saved by Adéwalé, 1735[27]
- Louis Godin – targeted by pirates, saved by Adéwalé, 1736[27]
- Benjamin Church – targeted by Cutter, saved by Haytham Kenway and Charles Lee[16]
- David Borgen, Conan Brown, Michael Crawley, Randall Gordon, Franklin Greear, Maria Gurley, Lewis Johnson, Scott Lawson, Philippe Beaubien, Rachel Plourde, Kelly Snider – targeted by Assassins, saved by Shay Cormac, between 1756 and 1760[28]
- Ratonhnhaké:ton – targeted by Charles Lee, saved by Haytham Kenway, 1776[16]
- George Washington – targeted by Thomas Hickey, saved by Ratonhnhaké:ton, 1776[16]
- Benjamin Franklin – targeted by criminals, saved by Shay Cormac, 1776[28]
- Benjamin Franklin and Kanen'tó:kon – targeted by Israel Putnam, saved by Ratonhnhaké:ton, in alternate reality[18]
- Théroigne de Méricourt – targeted by Templars, saved by Arno Dorian, in 1789 and in 1792[20]
- Georges Danton – targeted by Royalists, saved by Arno Dorian, 1792[20]
- Didier Paton – targeted by Maximilien de Robespierre, saved by Arno Dorian, 1794[20]
- Napoleon Bonaparte – targeted by Royalists, saved by Arno Dorian, in 1795 and in 1800[20]
- William Miles – targeted by Daniel Cross and Warren Vidic, saved by Desmond Miles, 2012[16]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Assassin's Creed
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed II - Battle of Forlì
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Assassin's Creed II - Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 10.35 10.36 10.37 10.38 10.39 10.40 10.41 10.42 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "Brotherhood" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 Assassin's Creed: Memories
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - The Da Vinci Disappearance
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Assassin's Creed: Black Flag novel
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 16.13 16.14 16.15 16.16 16.17 16.18 16.19 16.20 16.21 16.22 16.23 16.24 16.25 16.26 16.27 16.28 16.29 Assassin's Creed III
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III - The Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Assassin's Creed III - The Tyranny of King Washington: The Betrayal
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Assassin's Creed III - The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption
- ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 20.18 20.19 20.20 20.21 20.22 20.23 20.24 20.25 20.26 Assassin's Creed: Unity
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus
- ↑ Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter
- ↑ Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Assassin's Creed: Discover Your Legacy
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel
- ↑ 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry
- ↑ 28.00 28.01 28.02 28.03 28.04 28.05 28.06 28.07 28.08 28.09 28.10 28.11 28.12 28.13 28.14 Assassin's Creed: Rogue
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Assassin's Creed: Initiates - Letters to the Dead
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Assassin's Creed: The Fall #1
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Fall #2
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Assassin's Creed: Forsaken
- ↑ Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr
- ↑ Assassin's Creed 6: Leila
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Lineage
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 Assassin's Creed: Ascendance
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Assassin's Creed: Pirates
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Assassin's Creed: Brahman
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 Assassin's Creed II - Glyphs
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Rifts
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Fall #3
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates - The Desmond Files
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Embers