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'''Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad''' (الطائر Al-taa-ir in Arabic) is the main character and protagonist in the Ubisoft game '']''. His name is Arabic for 'The Flying One' and is pronounced in three syllables: Al-Taa-irr. "Ibn La-Ahad" means "Son of none". He is an ancestor of Desmond and ]. |
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'''Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad''' (الطائر Al-taa-ir in Arabic) is the main character and protagonist in the Ubisoft video games '']'', '']'' and '']''. His name is Arabic for 'The Flying One' and is pronounced in three syllables: Al-Taa-irr. "Ibn La-Ahad" means "Son of none". He is an ancestor of Desmond Miles and ]. |
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Altaïr was born to an unknown couple, consisting of a Christian woman and a Muslim man. During his childhood his parents left ] for unknown reasons, though Altaïr felt little at their departure due to the nature of the Assassin order. Prior to the events of the series, Altaïr trained under Al Mualim and quickly rose above his brethren in skill, mastering several weapons and skills, ranging from hand to hand combat to sword fighting. This caught both Al Mualim's eye and favor, and Altaïr was quickly promoted to the rank of Master Assassin. |
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Altaïr was born to an unknown couple, consisting of a Christian woman and a Muslim man. During his childhood his parents left ] for unknown reasons, though Altaïr felt little at their departure due to the nature of the Assassin order. Prior to the events of the series, Altaïr trained under Al Mualim and quickly rose above his brethren in skill, mastering several weapons and skills, ranging from hand to hand combat to sword fighting. This caught both Al Mualim's eye and favor, and Altaïr was quickly promoted to the rank of Master Assassin. |
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Altair became very over confident because of his rank within the Assassin's Order. He followed the Assassin's Creed, but when sent to fetch an artifact for Al Mualim, he's encounter's Robert De Sable and his men, and attempts to kill them. Robert and the rest of the Templar's retaliate by attacking Masyaf, killing many of it's citizen's before being forced to run by an intricate trap activated by Altair. When Al Mualim discovers that he broke all three rules of the creed, he demotes Altair to the rank of a novice. Over the course of the game Altair must kill nine key men (later revealed to be Templar Knights) threatening to tear apart the Holy Land. The game is set in 1191, during the Third Crusade and takes place in three cities: ], ] and ]. |
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Altaïr became very over confident because of his rank within the Assassin's Order. He followed the Assassin's Creed, but when sent to fetch an artifact for Al Mualim, he's encounter's Robert De Sable and his men, and attempts to kill them. Robert and the rest of the Templar's retaliate by attacking Masyaf, killing many of it's citizens before being forced to run by an intricate trap activated by Altaïr. When Al Mualim discovers that he broke all three rules of the Creed, he demotes Altaïr to the rank of a novice. Over the course of the game Altaïr must kill nine key men (later revealed to be Templar Knights) threatening to tear apart the Holy Land. The game is set in 1191, during the Third Crusade and takes place in three cities: ], ] and ]. |
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Altair, Desmond Miles and Lucy Stillman are the only characters to appear in both of the main series's games (Assassin's Creed, in which Altair and Desmond share the protagonist spot, with Lucy in a supporting role and Assassin's Creed II, in which Desmond returns as protagonist and which contains more of Lucy, though Altair is only see a few times). Altair also stars as the protagonist in two other Assassin's Creed games; Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines for the PSP and Assassin's Creed: Altiar's Chronicles for the Nintendo DS. |
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Altaïr was born to an unknown couple, consisting of a Christian woman and a Muslim man. During his childhood his parents left Masyaf for unknown reasons, though Altaïr felt little at their departure due to the nature of the Assassin order. Prior to the events of the series, Altaïr trained under Al Mualim and quickly rose above his brethren in skill, mastering several weapons and skills, ranging from hand to hand combat to sword fighting. This caught both Al Mualim's eye and favor, and Altaïr was quickly promoted to the rank of Master Assassin.
Altaïr became very over confident because of his rank within the Assassin's Order. He followed the Assassin's Creed, but when sent to fetch an artifact for Al Mualim, he's encounter's Robert De Sable and his men, and attempts to kill them. Robert and the rest of the Templar's retaliate by attacking Masyaf, killing many of it's citizens before being forced to run by an intricate trap activated by Altaïr. When Al Mualim discovers that he broke all three rules of the Creed, he demotes Altaïr to the rank of a novice. Over the course of the game Altaïr must kill nine key men (later revealed to be Templar Knights) threatening to tear apart the Holy Land. The game is set in 1191, during the Third Crusade and takes place in three cities: Jerusalem, Acre and Damascus.
