Majd Addin

Majd Addin (c. 1130s–1191) was a Saracen regent of Jerusalem and a member of the Levantine Templars. He was the sixth individual to be assassinated by the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and, like his Templar brothers, his death was planned by Al Mualim. Majd Addin was located in Jerusalem's Poor District.
==Biography==
===Rise to power===
Majd Addin was once a simple scribe.Assassin's Creed – Pickpocketing (Majd Addin) At some point in his life, not only did he become a member of the Templar Order, but he also became aware of an Apple of Eden and its capabilities; Addin and nine other individuals closely guarded its secrets and intended to use the Apple to create a new world.Assassin's Creed
Due to his membership of the Order, and the absence of the Sultan Salāḥ ad-Dīn, Majd Addin was able to take control of Jerusalem. Addin believed that everyone should view the world in his way, and those that did not oblige to this were sentenced to death. He used fear and intimidation to keep the population of Jerusalem in check, often issuing strict and confusing edicts regarding the way people should conduct themselves. This way, he was slowly reversing Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn's long-standing policy of tolerance toward all races, religions, and creeds.Assassin's Creed – Interrogation (Majd Addin)
Mock trials were often held for those he perceived to be enemies of the city. In these, he would either frame them or exaggerate their crimes, in order to make sure the trials would always result in death, as well as the public's disapproval of the sentenced – this caused the people of Jerusalem to call the trials "executions" instead. Through these executions, Addin silenced anyone who would oppose him, and struck fear into the hearts of any who considered an uprising.Assassin's Creed – Knowledge (Majd Addin)
He was known to speak with an authoritative edge and insisted that he knew what was best for the people of Jerusalem. However, Majd was a cruel man and his citizens knew he could not be trusted.Assassin's Creed – Assassination (Majd Addin)
===Death===
Altaïr traveled to Jerusalem's Poor District, where he started his investigation of Majd Addin. He soon discovered that there was to be another execution, and that a group of citizens were planning to stand up against Majd Addin in order to save the son of their leader.
During the public execution, Majd judged an alleged prostitute, a thief, a gambler and a heretic. The heretic was in fact an Assassin, and Malik Al-Sayf had tasked Altaïr with killing Majd before the Assassin was executed. The citizens who had planned to stand up to Majd tried in vain to stop the execution, but they were quickly killed by archers and other guards.
Majd began his speech about the prostitute, declaring that she had sold her body to several men. She defended herself by stating that she was only there because she had refused to lie with Addin. He then killed the woman, saying that even when she was only moments from her death, she still continued to lie.
The second victim was the gambler, who remarked that he had only played a game of chance, further saying it was not sin that corrupted the city, but Addin. Majd then killed him wordlessly and moved on to his next victim.
The third victim was being accused of stealing the gain of others. To acquire support from the public, Majd convinced the crowd that everyone had been violated by his actions. The man tried to defend himself, saying that he had picked only one dinar which had fallen to the floor. However, Majd Addin rebuked that the crime would rise and begin to affect others more directly, after which he killed the man.
Before Majd could move on to the Assassin, Altaïr made his way to the stage and stabbed Majd with his Hidden Blade, allowing Malik's other Assassins to save their imprisoned brother.
During Majd's dying moments, he told Altaïr the reason for his evil deeds, commenting that, while he joined the Templars to help them take control of Jerusalem, in fact, he simply wanted the power and fear such a position granted. He stated his belief that Altaïr would have done the same, which the Assassin denied, and finished him with a second stab with the Hidden Blade. Afterwards, Altaïr smeared the feather he had brought with Addin's blood, and reported back to the Assassin bureau.
Majd Addin was later buried in a cemetery in Jerusalem, where both Saracen and Crusader soldiers joined together to pay their respects. Altaïr was also present, as he had discovered that his next target, Robert de Sablé, would also be present; while there, he noted that there was very little conviction behind the wails and prayers of sorrow from the assembled nobles. However, the funeral turned out to be an ambush as Robert had not planned to attend, knowing that the Assassin would strike, so he sent a decoy instead.Assassin's Creed – Assassination (Robert de Sablé)
==Personality and traits==
Majd Addin was an egotistical and power-hungry individual who thrived off of the fear that people had for him. It was this lust for power that led him to become a member of the Knights Templar, who offered him what he desired in exchange for his allegiance.
Addin often conducted executions because he felt that determining another man's fate gave him a god-like status. A very proficient speaker, Majd Addin could manipulate the crowd with his words, often making them blindly believe that the executions he carried out were for the good of the city.
Dying, Majd Addin did not claim that what he did was right, instead confessing that he did it not to help his brethren, but because he enjoyed it, as well as to gain power and fame, which he accomplished over time. However, this led to his downfall as he had allowed these factors to corrupt him.
==Trivia==
*Majd Addin ("glory of the faith") may be very loosely based on a man named ("splendor of the faith"), who was close to Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn and wrote a biography on the great Saracen military leader and sultan.
*Alternatively, he may be based on Majd al-Din Mubārak, an emir and former deputy of Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn's elder brother Shams ad-Din Turanshah in the city of Zabid, Yemen who was arrested in 1181 by Saladin's confidants for the misappropriation of revenue in the wake of Turan-Shah's passing but was pardoned by Saladin afterwards.Saladin: the Politics of the Holy War
*In one of Altaïr's investigations, it was revealed that Majd Addin was once the scribe of the emir, wherein Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn was the Emir or Sultan at this time.
*Malik told Altaïr that Majd Addin had "declared himself Regent in Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn's absence." However, when eavesdropping on some civilians—particularly the father of one of those to be executed—it becomes clear that the people were under the impression that Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn himself had appointed Majd Addin as Regent.
*If allowed, Majd Addin would execute the Assassin in a far more brutal manner than what he would do to the other three. He would execute the first two with a simple slash of his sword, and impale the third, but when he got to the Assassin, Addin would impale him and then shift the blade around inside his body.
**If the other Assassin is executed, Altaïr would slowly lose synchronization bars until he assassinated Majd Addin, or desynchronized.
*Majd Addin was one of only four targets in the series who required multiple stabs of the Hidden Blade to die—once during gameplay, and another in the Memory Corridor. The other three were Checco Orsi in Assassin's Creed II, Shahkulu in Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Edward Braddock in Assassin's Creed III.
*Majd is one of the five targets of the original game that have personal bodyguards; the others are Tamir, Abu'l Nuqoud, Talal and Jubair al Hakim.
*In the non-canonical mobile game adaptation of Assassin's Creed, he is called "Maj Aldim". Rather than being a Saracen, he is dressed in the battle armor and surcoat of the Knights Templar. He fights Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in Jerusalem with a crossbow, which he principally fires down on him from above on top of metal platforms. To damage him, Altaïr strikes the gears controlling the platforms to cause them to spin, causing him to drop to the ground. The scenario is repeated several times—with Maj Aldim launching bolts that unleash waves of destructive energy upon impacting the ground once he loses more than a quarter of his health—until he is killed. Altaïr then retrieves his crossbow for his own use afterwards.
==Gallery==
ACMAddinSpeech.jpg|Assassin's Creed: Memories art of Majd Addin
ACMAddinHanging.jpg|Memories art of Majd Addin at a hanging
Emir by Michel Thibault.png|Majd Addin character model by Michel Thibault
Emir Guard by Michel Thibault.png|Majd Addin's personal guard character model by Michel Thibault
Majd Assassination 1.png|Majd Addin arriving at the execution
Majd Assassination 5.png|Majd Addin's final moments
Majd_Assassination_6.png|Altaïr delivering the final blow to Majd Addin
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed 
*Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
*Assassin's Creed: Memories
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