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Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (January 11, 1165 - August 12, 1257) was one of the Masters of the Levantine branch of the Assassin Brotherhood who lived during the Late Middle Ages. Recognized probably as the greatest Mentor of the Assassins ever, he rebuilt the Brotherhood from the ground up, expanding it worldwide. He is an ancestor of Desmond Miles through the maternal line.Born in Masyaf, Altaïr was raised according to the Brotherhood's tradition, being trained from birth to become an Assassin. Just twenty years old, he was promoted to the rank of Master as a reward for single-handedly thwarting a Templar siege of the citadel. From then on, he became the most famous Assassin of the Syrian branch, second only to Mentor Rashid ad-Din Sinan. In 1190, the latter tasked Altaïr with retrieving an ancient artifact known as the Chalice for the Brotherhood. However, the difficult mission, which lasted several months, ended in failure when the Templars destroyed the artifact. A year later, he was assigned a new and very important mission: to recover an Apple of Eden from the ruins of Solomon's Temple; during the operation, however, he broke all three tenets of the Creed, causing numerous losses for the Brotherhood despite the victory. Demoted to the rank of novice by Rashid, he was sent to kill nine men as an offering of redemption. While progressing through the mission, he discovered that his targets were members of the Templar Order in Syria and that, unexpectedly, Rashid had betrayed the Brotherhood, wanting to keep the Apple for himself and subjugate Syria to his will.Killing his corrupt mentor, Altaïr became the new Levantine Mentor. He then revolutionized the Brotherhood's way of life by introducing the new ideal that free will of men was the key to peace. Shortly after, he went alone to Cyprus, helping the local resistance to drive out the last remnants of the Templars operating in the East. Some time later, he traveled to Mongolia, helping the local Assassins to kill the conqueror Genghis Khan and steal his Sword of Eden.Returning to Masyaf after about ten years, Altaïr discovered that his eternal rival Abbas Sofian had usurped the Mentor rank by a coup. Forced to flee from the Assassins, he voluntarily exiled himself to Alamut for twenty years. During this period, he deepened his study of the Apple of Eden that he had stolen years before from Rashid. His exile ended in 1247, when he killed Abbas and reclaimed Masyaf. He then returned to lead the Brotherhood, founding guilds worldwide and spreading the Creed's ideals; he died on August 12, 1257, inside his library.Data sheet