Sibrand

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Sibrand
Biographical information
Born	c. 1157 Germany
Died	1191 Acre, Israel

"How could I believe, given what I know? What I've seen? Our treasure was the proof!"

―Sibrand to Altaïr.

Sibrand was the Grand Master of the Knights Teutonic until his death in 1191, in charge of the port area of the middle district within the city of Acre.

The Liege-Lord of the Knights Teutonic

Sibrand tormenting a scholar he accuses of being an Assassin.

Sibrand had always wanted to be a leader. When finally given the opportunity to realize his dream, he did everything to keep from losing it. He saw enemies and traitors everywhere, insecure as he was in his own ability to retain his position. He spoke with a quick, clipped pace, his eyes constantly darting everywhere, alert for signs of trouble. He easily became unhinged, and talked constantly of plots and conspiracies. He took control of the docks in the city of Acre, where his own ship was moored, and planned a ruse to increase his power dramatically. He often used a bow, and wore an ornate horned helmet in battle.

Final words

Sibrand's quiet unexpected death

Sibrand: Please, don't do this!

Altaïr: You are afraid...

Sibrand: Of course I am afraid!

Altaïr: But you'll be safe now, held in the arms of your god.

Sibrand: Have my brothers taught you nothing!? I know what waits for me, for all of us!

Altaïr: If not your god, then what?

Sibrand: Nothing. Nothing waits... and that is what I fear.

Altaïr: You don't believe?

Sibrand: How could I, given what I know? What I've seen? Our treasure was the proof!

Altaïr: Proof of what?

Sibrand: That this life is all we have!

Altaïr: Linger a while longer then, and tell me of the part you were to play.

Sibrand: A blockade by sea, to keep the fool kings and queens from sending reinforcements once we... once we...

Altaïr: Conquered the Holy Land!?

Sibrand: Freed it, you fool, from the tyranny of faith!

Altaïr: Freedom!? You worked to overthrow cities, control men's minds, murdered any who spoke against you!

Sibrand: I followed my orders, believing in my cause, same as you.

Historical Materials

The infancy of the Teutonic order was governed by Meister Sibrand between (it is said)

Sibrand with his helmet on.

1190 to 1192, but little else is known of the historical figure. The Knights Teutonic, or "Order of the German House of St. Mary in Jerusalem," was formed at the end of the 12th century in Acre itself. The Order controlled the port tolls in Acre, then (after the defeat of the Christian forces) moved to Transylvania in 1211. Their insignia, a forerunner to the infamous Iron Cross, is part of the insignia of Prussia and Germany.

Trivia

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Sibrand seen during an eavesdropping investigation.

• Sibrand was a real-life leader of the Knights Teutonic: Meister (master) Sibrand. One of the first Teutonic Knights leaders, he was appointed around 1190.
• An in-game glitch can be found during Sibrand's assassination. To perform it, Sibrand must not be aware of your presence. When he is randomly shooting arrows on the front of his ship, approach and throw him against the side of the boat. Sibrand will fall off his ship and into the water. You will then fail the mission, supposedly because your target escaped. The reason for this may be because his blood is required to give proof of the assassination, and Altaïr cannot swim in-game. Alternately, it is possible that Sibrand could swim, though this is unlikely.
  • A second glitch may occur when Sibrand is at the front of the ship shooting his arrows and shouting, where he is sometimes not wearing his helmet (which you can clearly see him put on at the end of the starting cut-scene).
• Sibrand is also the only target in Assassin's Creed that you can see during an investigation, though he disappears before you have any chance of killing him.
• Like Talal in Jerusalem and Jubair in Damascus, vigilantes will attempt to stop Sibrand if he tries to escape from the docks.
• It should be noted that his belief in the absence of an afterlife is similar to Altaïr's, as he wrote in the Codex that he feels that there is no Heaven or Hell, just a state of empty existence, or the absence of consciousness.