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Yes, the Assassin's Brotherhood of Assassin's Creed is based on the Hashshashin (early Arabic form of the word "assassin") a real life sect of exiled Ismaili Muslims formed by Hassan i-Sabbah that existed during the Crusades in medieval Syria and Persia.They were notorious for their stealth tactics used to eliminate key rival figures and balance the power between their enemies.
Though their primary enemy in the game are Crusaders, most of the victims of the real assassin order were Sunni Muslims. In fact, it's believed that Richard the Lionheart paid the assassins to kill Conrad de Monferrat, King of Jerusalem.
Masyaf, the "home" of the brotherhood in the game, is a real place in Syria, though its appearance differs from the video game. Masyaf is an old Byzantine castle that was refortified by Hashshashin leader Rashid ad-Din Sinan and his assassin order and was their capitol from the 12th to 13th centuries.
The Hashshashin were highly skilled killers. It is said that an assassin once sneaked into the heavily guarded tent of the Sultan Saladin in the middle of the night, during his siege on Masyaf in 1176. The assassin left a note hung by a dagger, that Saladin would be killed if he did not withdraw. Saladin feared for his life and ordered a truce with the assassins.
The Hashshashin fell around 1250 when the Mongols descended on the assassin stronghold of Alamut. The Hashshashin held off but a new assassin leader, Rukn al-Din, surrendered to the Mongols and ordered all other Hashshashin castles to follow. Alamut contained a grand library of the order's history as well as rare relics, but was destroyed when the Mongols took the city, and the assassin order with it.
Some of these real life assassins escaped the siege and became hired killers.
Altair in the game is not known to be an actual person in history, but represents their culture. The character Altair is said to be born 11 years before the real Saladin's siege on Masyaf. Al-Mualim is loosely based on Rashid ad-Din Sinan. Many figures in the game are real people from history.
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Assassins Creed was based on true events. Templars were real, and there were a group of assassins called the Hashshashin. But if those two did actually have conflict between them, im not sure. Although I do wish it was real, because it is such an amazing storyline.
-Vikki Stephan (:
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It is believed that they used short daggers or knives, sometimes poisoned. But really they wear nothing like Altair although I wish they were. to reach their target they dressed as surveillance or sometimes infiltrated organisation's They did not always kill, but left warnings e.g. an assassin crept into Saladin's guarded tent and left a dagger in a cake next to his bed. They were much more stealthy than it is possible to be in Assassins Creed, although from what I hear things may change for the sequel.
Hope this answers your question
I just want to add that the Hashshashin did not use posion at all they only did "fair" kills
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The word assassin is derived from the Arabic word Hashshashin which is used to describe somone that uses the drug hashish (Cannabis). The first Assassins were a Shia Muslim sect that killed their rivals and foreign powers that sought their destruction. They preferred to kill with a dagger or hidden blade as opposed to poison, bows and other weapons which the target could survive from. It was often belived that they were high on Hashish when they preformed their assassinations which is the source of their name. The assassins last fortrest was destroyed by the Mongol leader Holagu Khan.
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Assassin derives from the Arabic word Hashshashin, meaning a person who uses hashish. In medieval times, a militant Islamic sect called the Nizari would send killers to infiltrate their enemies camps to try to kill their leaders. These killers would take hashish and other narcotics so that they would not feel any pain if wounded. In some cases they were able to kill their targets even after being fatally wounded by the victims guards and companions.
The earliest known literary use of the term "assassination" is in William Shakespeares play Macbeth
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Rashid ad-Din Sinan, also known as The Old Man of the Mountain, or Al Mualim (Arabic: "The Teacher") (c. 1132/1135 - 1192) was one of the leaders of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and a figure in the history of the Crusades. Based on the Nizari stronghold Masyaf, he controlled various districts in northern Syria, namely Jabal as-Summaq, Maarrat Misrin and Sarmin.
Al Mualim was indeed a real person, and he was the leader of assassins. However, all those things occured in Assassin's Creed (Altair being his apprentice) were purely fictional.
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No. simply put. different name, different age, different mind set.
Our creed although not the same but loosely based off. it does not demand be free, it demands we be wise. We are bound weather it be natural, super natural or social so it is up to us, whether it be right or wrong to peace together and understand as much as possible. So that in that wisdom we find our true freedom.
"Knowledge earned is greater then that of knowledge giving."
"That which increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."
I, no matter what creed, rule or moral I take from, do not claim myself them but only say them when i pay respect to those who thought more then anyone and die for it. so that we today may remember there knowledge.
It's more an idea over an icon or name. Also no hidden blade. In fact my more modern tradition is that one may not touch the blade until one is worthy of wielding it. Its not about knowing how to use it, but why and when. and through knowledge earn there right to wield a blade.
Stay your blade the flesh of the innocent. even tyrants themselves are often not to be touched unless all else fails and innocent death is unavoidable. We are to intimidate before assassinate. We remove one evil for a greater that takes its place. only to also lose public opinion and support if ever needed.
We seek our strength not from numbers or political power but from knowledge and what ever may come with it. using our weakness to remember we are all only human, and our abilities to better each other. some need a speaker/leader to trigger there ability or think slightly differently, some do not. some are cruel and will use honor, wisdom and trust against people. That is where you come in. With even the memory of the Hashshashin which means you carry knowledge. knowledge one could easily say was lost. As long as you exist for the sole purpose of bringing humanity through its darkness without sides, agendas, religions, bias and care for the shake of not just your national innocent but the worlds all together. Although we are not religious we encourage the study of all religions, histories, cultures, languages and science. so that we may understand others and bridge gaps not made by personally driven people. Hashshashin was a name to slander a people who used substance, which then later was slandered to mean a political killer. Even though killing was last. Even if it wasn't this is a new age like religions, ideas and creeds must be updated and able to adapt.
Major things you must remember in our new era. we are not assassins and the few who like to smoke hash in honor of them are welcome, relationships and person opinions other then ideas are not unwelcome but discouraged. for you are no longer personal. if you believe you have the right to kill for people you must be strictly to the realization of why you have to. you have to sacrifice the need for personal gain. i could never ask or demand such and order but i do claim myself able to create ones who can. we share ability. were i am a good speaker, and remember everything possible historical wise. i forfeit my ability to love or socialize for my ability to teach as you must forfeit your personal pleasure if you are to take on the title. everything is entirely your choice. but you are sworn to people and what my "student" would refer to as "the creed" the idea simply that nothing is absolute. you maybe be 100% correct in your current knowledge. but never 100% complete thus not absolute. but take heed even these words hopefully in time will be useless and man search the ends of space to an absolute.
But know until that day even in truth you can always find more truth. Sometimes if you're lucky it may just change your prescriptive on truth. By saying this also accept anything as a possibility. by repeating these words you say to yourself and us
Hashshashin
"i know enough to know that i know little to nothing. but understand i have the ability to try and know everything. and take only pride and desire in my ability and want to know."
We are not assassins, nor do we claim so. again the only reason we would be assassins, is because we are smart, independent of each other once ability had been thought. We only would take the title knowing full well in tyranny broke out, militias and rebels have failed. and innocents now depend on the ones who kept silent and learn how to blend.
I have a book I'm writing. Its no where near finished the amount of field's of understanding in history trying to understand everything that has every happened to current knowledge and breaking it down into weeks to present to people in hopes they can comprehend it. most cant some can. these ones that don't even care are the ones we protect. we find only envy were they find willful ignorance. one day they will value knowledge again. its not our place to rule or play favors to settle scores for cash. We are knowledge based because its humanities real power.
This is where most of our tradition comes from the small number had to be made up with great understanding. everyone is different. we learn different, think different act different. I know there are others like the old man on the mountain that one I label didact. dangerous are the intellectuals that have become corrupt. we do not teach these and discourage there acceptance. we use intolorence only in the face of intolorence. and violence simply for the shake of innocents and only as a last solution.
Remember we are who we are and remain innocent because we kill monsters. They are monsters because they kill innocence. Being i only claim the title as teacher and not a member myself, I only remind why we are good people in hopes they stay that way. Often using the creed as an idea or icon to stand behind. but mostly we rely on word for that's what means the most.
Know that most there culture is dead, and none of us are them. for they are a different time for a different people. our only traditions that remain is our unending goal to know all, plan head, be ready for anything, and be ready to sacrifice yourself to save a life almost never ending them.
I'm writing this now in nothing but good faith, as to might reach out to you, know you are not alone, we all think similar each with there own abilities. mine is the sacrifice for there existence. i speak allowed to gather exposing my secrets and teaching who i can knowing id be the first to be found. but made many noble leaders that will make you all proud. years of single selections only the righteous, trust worthy, honor bound and intelligent. i have found many able but do not have the heart enough to remain untouched by corruption.
Funny so much planning. all to keep one dream alive that ability to learn and know. working in the shadows only to protect the light.
Again we are not Hashshashin if they still exist today they are damn good blenders. but there memories, traditions, and some creeds still live on today.
Personal note, there is reason to believe masons have some knowledge. most of our kind might find somewhat interesting. This is simply a theory. but i feel if i explained myself and my quest for understanding I'm sure at least one will speak to me. Find out where they truly came from, who they were really called.
If your answer to your question is of disappointment. you might be on the right track. You don't get fame or movies for simply being wise.
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Oh, dude, you're really struggling with that one, huh? It's like, A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N. Yeah, double S, double trouble. Just remember, it's not "assasin" or "assasen" or any of those other funky spellings. Keep it simple, my friend.
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That really depends.
Contemporary assassins have existed since ancient times and definitely continue to exist now. An assassin can simply be defined as anybody who is paid to kill a highly-ranking individual. In fact, the idea of the assassins from Assassin's Creed had a very strong influence from the Hashshashins. You can read about them here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashshashin
However, these contemporary assassins are very different from the assassins in Assassin's Creed. In real life, most assassins are freelancing, paid killers who are not necessarily interested in the politics they're changing. The assassins belonging to the Assassin Order in Assassin's Creed, however, are a fictional organization that sought to bring education, knowledge, and equity to the world. These assassins weren't really just assassins... That is just, more or less, a title for them due to the fact that they often carry out their means through assassinations.
Unfortunately, Orders such as this do exist in real-life. Then again, Assassin's Creed is very much based around conspiracy theories-- many think that an Order like that did and still does exist. You can never know.
*Unless you are one.
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You almost sound jealous or worried that you won't be assassinated. Well anyways to understand the difference let's look at the etymology or origin of the word first to get a better understanding .
The word 'assassination' (sometimes accredited to Shakespeare) comes from the Old French word 'assassis', hashish eaters who committed murder. The Italian word 'assassino' originally meant hashish eater but eventually came to mean murderer. In Arabic the word hashshashin , again literally, meant hashish eater, in reference to a religious and military order located chiefly in the mountains of Lebanon. Those hashish eaters were noted for carrying out secret murders in blind obedience to their leader, a condition brought on because the members selected to commit a murder, especially of a king or public figure, were first intoxicated with hashish. The term as we now use it still refers chiefly to a murder of a public figure.
To put it in more simple terms anyone of importance that can make a large change (especially in a country) for the good (usually) is a threat and therefore they are assassinated. Assassination and murder are the same thing. Example: John F. Kennedy was killed because he and his brother Bobby Kennedy had the guts to go against the mob, hold off (mind bending technique and a smart one) with the Cuban Missile Crisis and did many more things. They truly were for 'the people' and that meant they were stepping on too many toes and those that would lose their positions and power, careers ruined and less money would be involved not to mention graft! Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated because he dared, as a black man to try to bring people together for peace. He was considered a threat. Some actors are murdered because the fan wants them all to themselves, or, they feel betrayed by not getting the attention they feel they deserve from that actor. Re female actors when murdered the fan that has murdered them has an obsession with them.
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The Assassin Order, also known at various times as the Assassin Brotherhood; Liberalis Circulum (Circle of Liberals), during the Roman Republic and Empire; or Hashshashin, during the High Middle Ages, was an organized order of assassins and sworn enemies of the Templars, against whom they fought a continuous, recondite war throughout the entirety of recorded human history.
Whereas the Templars sought the power to save humanity from itself by controlling free will, the Assassin Order fought to ensure the survival of free will, as it allowed for the progression of new ideas and the growth of individuality.
The Assassins, if not the Order itself, had existed since at least 456 BCE, throughout the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and into the Modern era.
During the Middle Ages, the Templars had become a public knightly order under the name "Knights Templar". In the year 1090, control of the Assassins fell to Hassan-i Sabbāh, who in turn also changed the Assassin Order into a public organization. Under his command, public assassinations occurred much more often and the people were encouraged to stand up to their oppressors, realizing that they were not on their own.
During the 1170s, the Assassins were at odds with the Saracens. In 1174, thirteen Assassins were sent to the Sultan Saladin's camp close to Damascus and were successful in infiltrating his tent, but were detected; one was killed by a Saracen general and the others were killed upon trying to escape.
In 1176, Saladin led a siege on the Assassins' fortress of Masyaf. After the location of Saladin's tent was revealed by the Assassin spy Ahmad Sofian, Umar Ibn-La'Ahad was sent to infiltrate the tent and leave a feather and a dagger with a threatening message attached to it. Umar evaded the chalk and cinders that were strewed around the tent and successfully left the objects, but was detected by the Sultan himself. Umar had to kill a noble to make his escape, and the Assassins managed to make a truce with the Saracens; though Umar's life had to be taken in the process.
In 1189, the Assassins were betrayed by a man named Haras, who captured Al Mualim and three other Assassins, and allowed the Crusaders into Masyaf's village. While other Assassins had lost hope, Altaïr regrouped them and fought back. Subsequently, he climbed into the fortress and killed Haras, who wanted to know where Al Mualim had hidden the Apple of Eden; following this, Altaïr was promoted to the rank of Master Assassin.
The next year, the Assassins began to hunt for the Chalice, an object rumored to be so powerful that it could end the Crusades. Al Mualim wanted to keep it out of Templar hands, so he sent Altaïr, his most trusted Assassin, to recover it.
Altaïr killed several Templars, while attempting to find the Temple of Sand, where the Chalice was located. He finally found the Temple but realised that the Templar leader, Basilisk, had taken it away. Basilisk revealed to him that the Chalice was a woman, not an object, and then left Altaïr to die. However, Altaïr escaped and hunted Basilisk, uncovering the Templar plan to poison the water supply of Acre.
After foiling this plot, Altaïr went to Jerusalem to find the Chalice, which he successfully did and recognised her to be Adha, a former acquaintance of his. On Adha's instruction, Altaïr killed Harash, a traitor to the Assassin Brotherhood. From there, Altaïr planned to run away with Adha and leave his life as an Assassin behind, though Basilisk captured her. Subsequently, Altaïr killed Basilisk, but failed to find Adha; many years later Altaïr found her dead, and hunted her murderers.
Al Mualim and the Assassins in the fortress of Masyaf
By 1191, the Assassins were still in a secret battle with the Templars and their leader, Robert de Sable. It was during the Third Crusade that the Assassins learned of a Templar interest in an ancient artifact, hidden within the catacombs of Solomon's Temple. It was decided to liberate the treasure from them, and the mission was a success, although a costly one. With the death of one Assassin, the severe injury of another, and the arrival of the Templar army at the gates of Masyaf, the Assassins were nearly overwhelmed by the following battle. However, by crushing most of the Templar army under a concealed onslaught of rolling logs, they were able to drive the Templars from the fortress and village below.
Following the assault, the Assassin blamed for the loss of life that day - Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad - was severely reprimanded, being reduced to a novice and tasked with removing nine influential individuals who plagued the Holy Land with their corrupt rule. As Altaïr made his way down the list made up of both Crusader and Saracen individuals, he was greatly unsettled by the realization that their goal to bring peace to the people of the Holy Land was just, as he felt that his victims were "misguided perhaps, but pure in motive." This was a view shared by Al Mualim, who agreed with their goals, but felt that their attitude of "the end justifies the means" undermined the good they sought to ensure. As his mission progressed, Altaïr sought to know what bound his victims together, and the discovery that they were all Templars only served to reinforce the Assassin's determination to bring an end to the Templar plot.
By Fall of 1191, the Assassins were victorious over their Templar enemies. Robert de Sable, Grand Master of the Templar Order, was dead, however the treachery of one of their own had also hit the Assassin Order hard. Al Mualim, secretly a former member of a coalition of tenTemplar leaders, was revealed to be a traitor, and was killed by the very man he had sent to eliminate his fellow Templar conspirators. With Al Mualim dead, Altaïr took over asMentor of the Levantine Order, leading the Assassins in their attempts to rebuild their strength after the costly conflict.
Altaïr writing the Codex
With full control over the Assassins, Altaïr immediately set out on a one-man quest to liberate the island of Cyprus from the Templars, who had recently bought it from King Richard I. After successfully having done so, killing the Templar Grand Master Armand Bouchartand discovering the Templar Archive in the process, Altaïr continued to write the Codex: a book detailing the secrets he had managed to uncover from the Apple of Eden, which he had began writing during his journey to Cyprus. In the end, those secrets had a profound effect on the Order, as new assassination techniques and world secrets had been uncovered.
In 1209, Altaïr began to send his Assassins to various cities spread throughout the world, after he was made aware of their existence by the Apple of Eden.
Eventually, it was decided that the Piece of Eden was too great a threat to keep in Masyaf, and the decision was made to store it on the island of Cyprus, in the Limassol archives. However, Altaïr had started this rumor to keep away curious eyes. In actuality, he held on to the Apple until the end of his life, taking it with him to his library, though he did hand over the Codex and the keys to his library to the Italians Niccolò and Maffeo Polo.
In the year 1217, Altaïr set out with his wife Maria and son Darim to kill Genghis Khan, leaving Malik Al-Sayf as the Order's temporary leader. The Khan had made a rapid westward advance with his army and Altaïr suspected that he possessed a Piece of Eden. On their journey, the family met up with the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal, and the three Assassins worked together to end the threat. Ultimately, Darim and Qulan succeeded in killing the Khan in 1227.
On his return to Masyaf, Altaïr found that his rival Abbas Sofian had taken over the Order, imprisoning Malik, and killing Altaïr's younger son, Sef. Shortly after Altaïr's arrival, Malik was killed as well. Abbas then attempted to take the Apple from Altaïr, causing Altaïr and Darim to leave Masyaf, while Maria was also killed at the hands of Swami, Abbas' lackey. Enraged at her loss, and in desperation to leave, both Altaïr and his son killed several Assassins along the way.
After the escape, Altaïr became obsessed with the Apple, driving Darim and Sef's family away. The Apple led him to the Memory Seals, and taught him how to make several advanced gadgets.
Around 1247, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and found it in disrepair. He rallied several Assassins who were loyal to him, and turned several of Abbas' henchmen to his side. Finally, they assaulted the fortress, making sure not to harm anyone other than the Assassins who had defied the Creed. Following this, Altaïr finally shot Abbas with the Hidden Gun, marking the first usage of the weapon.
The Mongol threat continued advancing west however, and Altaïr decided for the Assassins to abandon their fortresses and to go underground, continuing their activities in secret. He trained and initiated the travelers Niccolò and Maffeo Polo into the Order in the year 1257, before escorting them out of the city. He then tasked them to set up guilds around the world as they traveled.
Darim was one of the last Assassins to leave Masyaf; Altaïr stayed in his library with the Apple, and died there with the final Memory Seal in his hand.
Late Middle Ages"In this modern age, we are not as literal as our ancestors; but our seal is no less permanent..."―Mario Auditore at Ezio's official induction into the Assassin Order.[src]Italian Renaissance variation of the Assassins' emblem
During the Late Middle Ages, the Order continued to thrive, despite being forced to adopt an even more secretive and isolated existence. When the Renaissance - a cultural movement - started in Italy, the Assassin Order primarily focused themselves in Italy, where the headquarters of the Templar Order were also located.
In the early 14th century, the Assassins manipulated the French king, Philip le Bel to try and destroy the Templars. They made the Church brand the Templars heretics, turning their own weapon against them, with the intention of finishing off the Templars. They managed to have the Templar Grand Master, Jacques de Molayburned at the stake, however, his nine most trusted men had escaped after he had passed on the knowledge of the ancients, and their Order continued to survive.
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