page_title: List of Assassin's Creed characters
section_title: Al Mualim
hierarchical_section_title: List of Assassin's Creed characters / Desmond Miles saga / Characters of Assassin's Creed / Al Mualim
caption_attribution_description: Español: Grabado de Rashid ad-Din Sinan. Sinan is believed to have died in 1193
context_page_description: This list of characters from the Assassin's Creed franchise contains only characters that are considered part of Assassin's Creed canon. Some of them are completely fictional and some are partially based on real-world historical figures.
context_section_description: Rashid ad-Din Sinan, commonly known as Al Mualim (Arabic: "The Teacher") (voiced by Peter Renaday) or The Old Man of the Mountain, is based on the real-life Rashid ad-Din Sinan, the Iraqi-born Hashshashin leader in the Syrian town of Masyaf. He appears in Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade. He was the Assassin Mentor who secretly led a double life as a Templar; he was a wizened old man whom Altaïr saw as a father figure. After Altaïr broke all three tenets of the Assassin's Creed in one mission, Al Mualim reduced Altaïr to the rank of an initiate, and gave him a list of nine men to kill in order for Altaïr to redeem himself and bring an end to the Crusade. In fact, Altaïr was killing "rival" members of the Templar Order so that Al Mualim could keep the Piece of Eden for himself. Altaïr eventually assassinated the ninth target, Robert de Sablé, but with his dying breath, de Sablé told Altaïr of Al Mualim's true plans. Altaïr returned to Masyaf to find that the citizens were being controlled by the Apple, wielded by Al Mualim. Al Mualim himself had broken all three tenets of the Creed, leading to a fight between himself and Altaïr, and after a lengthy battle Al Mualim was killed by his student and Altaïr took possession of The Apple. Al Mualim is back in Assassin's Creed: Revelations in one of the memories of Altaïr. In the memory, Altaïr burns Al Mualim's body on a pyre, ensuring that he can never return. This is a move that unnerves many of the other Assassins, but eventually Altaïr is forgiven and accepted as the new master.
caption: Engraving of Rashid ad-Din Sinan
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