Canon Name?
Is this name actually canon, even when under the control of Hassan-I Sabbah? Or does it just refer to the group lead by Rashid ad-Din Sinan which was more like a splinter sect? I find it weird that a branch founded by a Persian and with its seat of power being in Persia to called the 'Levantine' Branch. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 04:20, June 22, 2017 (UTC)
- The name "Levantine Brotherhood" for this branch is given in Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide which also canonized the names of many other branches. "Levantine" is also used to describe this branch in various recent sources like Assassin's Creed: Unity. Your observation about how it's weird for the Alamut branch under Hassan-I Sabbah to be named Levantine when it's actually based in Persia is not misplaced. We actually discussed this before over at the talk page of the "Alamut" article. It's confusing because while it's based in Persia, officially the Alamut and the Masyaf Assassin states were supposed to be one entity, or one branch. At the same time, Al Mualim was said to have wanted to establish his independence with his citadels in the Levant, so the degree of autonomy that Masyaf and the other eight citadels had in the An-Nusayriyah Mountains from Alamut is unclear.
- The confirmation is that The Essential Guide actually does name Hassan-i Sabbah as a "Levantine Assassin" at one point. See the Alamut article. Sol Pacificus(Cyfiero) 04:47, June 22, 2017 (UTC)
- Oh... now I feel silly knowing that it has been previously discussed by y'all. I guess for now I'll just chalk the whole thing up to lazy world building by Ubi at least until, if ever, they explain that Sabbah traveled first to the Levant before establishing the branch or how it interacted with the actual Persian Brotherhood, which might be slightly retconned due to Bayek... and stuff. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 08:32, June 22, 2017 (UTC)