Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad is the tritagonist of the franchise. He is the main protagonist of the Middle Age Saga and one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside with Giovanni Auditore da Firenze) of Renaissance Saga. 
He serving main protagonist in the first game of the same name, and one of the overarching protagonists in Assassin's Creed 2 and . 
He was a Syrian Assassin during the Middle Ages and, from 1191 until his death, the Mentor of the Assassins in the Levant.
He is voiced by . In the Japanese dub of the games, he was voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi, who also voiced Toshiie Maeda, Naomasa Ii, Kenshiro, and Maxima.
==Biography==
Altaïr's story begins when he breaks the three tenets of the Assassin's Creed on a mission to recover an artifact from Robert de Sable, a Templar leader. Altaïr kills an innocent, refuses to remain discreet by unabashedly facing the leader alone, and compromises his two brothers: one of whom is killed, while the other, Malik, loses his arm. Al Mualim, master of the Assassins, demotes Altaïr to the bottom of the ranks, strips him of most of his gear (and most of his skills, explainable in that he required the gear for many of them — no sword skills without his sword, no ledge-grabs without his gloves, etc.), but tells Altaïr that he must eliminate nine corrupt, exploitative men who are abusing the Holy Land, perpetuating the Crusades and generally causing many atrocities. Altaïr has the chance to recover his lost prestige by killing these men, all of whom seem fairly confident in their righteousness when killed. Not surprisingly, there's a lot more going on behind the scenes that causes Altaïr, and his descendant Desmond, to question what is truly happening in the world around them.
After a horrible mistake that cost the Assassin Order many lives, Altaïr has to redeem himself by assassinating nine key figures of the Holy Lands at the time of the Third Crusade. Eventually became the Mentor and leader of the Assassins Order in his time, revolutionizing the way the Order operated.
==Personality==
Altair was born into the order of Assassin's, not showing much compassion to his enemies and friends on some occasions. However, he quickly rose among the order of the assassins at a young age using his skills. He was devoted to the order and its interests, focusing on nothing else. Altair grew up rebellious, arrogant and overconfident, forgetting about the rules of the order and thrill of the hunt. But as Altair progresses, he starts to be wise, observant and enjoys the thrill of finding his own target as opposed to sending people to do his job for him. He learns to treasure the creed of the assassins again and perfects his abilities.
As Altair becomes Grandmaster, he questions the way of the order, particularly its tenets and free-thinking. For that, he changes it's ways to adjust, allowing poison and mobility among many things. He also puts the Piece of Eden to use to form technology way ahead of his time like the hidden gun and his armour.
During his life, Altair has fell in love twice. The first one, Adha, was killed, and Altair avenged her with his rage, swearing that he would never fall in love again. However later, he falls in love with Maria, once a templar, who he married and had a children with, two sons called Sef and Darim.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
* Eagle Vision: Due to the First Civilization DNA, he has the sixth sense or in other words intuition senses which allowed him to identify anyone in his vicinity and even scan them for their intentions.
** Telepathic Immunity: Due to his First Civilization DNA, he was not a victim to the mind control properties of the Apple of Eden, no matter how many times Al Mualim tried to do so.
===Abilities===
* Genius Level Intellect: Altair was trained and educated from birth. After Al Mualim demoted him, his new found insight into the conditions of the Holy Land made him a more wiser person. After acquiring the Apple of Eden, he studied it as well as the knowledge it contained, learning many new concepts unknown to his time.
** Advanced Engineering: Through the knowledge hidden within the Apple of Eden, he learned and managed to create a Hidden Blade, one which would no longer require the need to cut off the left ring finger. He even created a method by which an assassin can wield two Hidden Blades and even left manuals as to who to use them in combat and assassinations. He even created newer metallic compounds for his Armor which he designed to be extremely light and extremely resilient.
** First Civilization Wisdom: Due to him spending years studying the secrets of the Apple of Eden, he created new designs for newer advanced weapons, medicinal potions and assassin's physical skills. He even learnt a lot about the First Civilization as well as their era.
** Religious Knowledge: Altair was also taught may things about occultism, abrahamic and pagan religions as well as other mystical and mythologies. He used this to better understand his targets as well as other mystical superstitions.
** Political Knowledge: He also had extensive knowledge of Syria, the Holy Land and Israel, which helped him better understand their economy, politics, and thus, his targets.
** Sketch Artist: His Codex itself is an example of his ability to draw. His Codex contained designs for weapons; equipment, physical capabilities and medicinal herbs all which he had hoped would be created in he future since he was limited by the technology of his time. He even drew his wife Maria Thorpe with hand drawn flowers bordering her portrait.
* Master Assassin: Altaïr was both a highly skilled Master Assassin and an adept Mentor. He learned and developed a vast array of skills, such as picking pockets, blending into crowds, armed and unarmed combat, alternative or multiple weapon attacks, stealth and public assassination techniques, free-running and long-range combat.
** Peak Human Conditioning: Altair was born into the Assassin Order and has been rigorously and extensively trained from birth to have physical and mental conditioning that is so physically advanced to the point where he is evolved to practically superhuman limits. Unlike Ezio struggling physically at age 65, he seems to be capable of maintaining most of his physical prowess in his advanced age of 92.
*** Superior Strength: He was several times that of even the most strongest soldiers of the Crusades. His punches could easily kill a person and break metal plating on armor.
*** Superior Mobility: His reflexes, agility, and speed are also more potent, being able to easily counter and defeat hordes of opponents. He was able to kill many of them before they could even see him coming to them, as he moves with such great speed and agility.
***Superior Stamina: He can even fight an entire army without showing any signs of fatigue.
***Superior Durability: He also has a great deal of durability as he was able to land on his feet, after falling from several stories, without any sighs of struggle or lack of comfort. He was even capable surviving being stabbed deep in the stomach by a deadly poisoned blade.
***Superior Metabolism: His metabolism is also superior, as he recovered from being stabbed in the stomach by a sharp blade dipped in deadly poison within several moments. This has also allowed him to retain his inhuman physical prowess in his advanced age as well.
*** Indomitable Willpower: He was able to wield the Apple of Eden without even showing small signs of corruption or madness. He was the only one being capable of wielding the Apple of Eden to its full effect, likely due to his part First Civilization DNA.
** Master Martial Artist: Altaïr's combat capabilities and honed physical prowess made him one of the most lethal and adaptive Assassins in the Assassin Order's entire history. Even after his death, his capabilities were regarded as legendary as if he were like a God to them. He is capable to take on legions of templars, as he was able to kill so many templar knights, some of the best trained fighters, without any effort.
*** Master Swordsmanship: He is equally deadly with a blade, able to use a multitude of countering, blocking, slashing, and parrying techniques. His abilities with a sword are extremely dangerous and could allow him to combat legions of enemies by himself. His personal/private training from Al Mualim and years of experience has furthered his abilities.
*** Expert Acrobat: Like any Master Assassin, he is a remarkable free-runner, parkour master & mountaineering expert. These abilities combined with his seemingly superhuman strength & speed, made his acrobatic prowess far more profound than all the other Assassins, before and after him.
*** Assassinations: His primary objective is to use the Hidden Blade to assassinate his targets.
*** Expert Spy: He is well adept in blending in his surroundings as well as sneaking around heavily guarded places. He would usually blend in with monks whose robes match his own and appear as if he is deep in prayer alongside them. He is extremely skilled in espionage, stealth, infiltration, disguise, thievery, and eavesdropping.
*** Expert Marksmanship: He is also an incredible marksman, capable of using throwing knives or using long ranged weapons with peak proficiency Even after reaching an extremely old age, he as able to utilize the Hidden Gun with absolute accuracy.
*Leadership: After the events of the Crusades, he took officially command of the remnants of the Brotherhood and continued the powerful organization bent on creating peace through free will and destroying the Templar. Such leadership rendered his followers to declare him the Mentor of the Assassin Brotherhood.
==Equipment==
* Assassin's Equipment: He has access to all of the bladed weaponry, crossbows and knives an assassin of that time must have. He usually carried a sword, throwing knives, a short blade, and a Hidden Blade. He also had a Hidden Blade, one which in that time required the removal of the left ring finger to use, the signature weapon of The Assassins. After studying the Apple of Eden and creating new technologies, he also created The Hidden Gun for his personal use.
* Apple of Eden: He came in possession of the Apple of Eden which was sealed in Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, which grants him supernatural powers.
** Mind Control: The Apple can control the minds of human beings and force them to either attack their allies or kill themselves.
** Illusions Generation: The Apple can create powerful illusions, which would be confused for "Dark Magic".
** Energy Constructs: During his old age, while he was escorting Niccolo Polo out of Masyaf, he used the Apple to create energy constructs of assassins to kill all of the Mongol warriors in his way.
** Futuristic Knowledge: Through the Apple of Eden, he had access to extremely futuristic knowledge about this world.
** Nexus Access: Ezio used Altair's apple to access the Nexus of time to speak to their descendant Desmond Miles and then speak to First Civilization beings.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
In , Altair is added as a downloadable Mii costume for the Mii Swordfighter in Wave 5.
==External links==
* Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad - Assassin's Creed
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